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Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Medical Students and in Humanities Students: Relationship With Big-Five Personality Dimensions and Vulnerability To Stress

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  • Adomas Bunevicius

    (Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania, Institute of the Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation of the Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania, a.bunevicius@yahoo.com)

  • Arune Katkute

    (Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania)

  • Robertas Bunevicius

    (Institute of the Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania)

Abstract

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in medical students and in humanities students. To assess the relationship between symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression and Big-Five personality dimensions and vulnerability to stress in medical students. Methods: Randomly selected 338 medical students and 73 humanities students were evaluated for symptoms of anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), for Big-Five personality dimensions using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), and for vulnerability to stress using the Stress Vulnerability Scale (SVS). Results: Symptoms of anxiety and symptoms of depression were prevalent in medical students (43% and 14%, respectively) and in humanities students (52% and 12%, respectively). In medical students the score on the HADS anxiety subscale and the score on the HADS depression subscale correlated negatively with the score on the TIPI Emotional Stability scale ( r = —0.39, p

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  • Adomas Bunevicius & Arune Katkute & Robertas Bunevicius, 2008. "Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Medical Students and in Humanities Students: Relationship With Big-Five Personality Dimensions and Vulnerability To Stress," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 54(6), pages 494-501, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:54:y:2008:i:6:p:494-501
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764008090843
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