Kelvin, L YS and Othman, Zahiruddin and Othman, A and Yasin, MAM (2013) Neurotic Personality Traits and Depression among First Year Medical and Dental Students in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Malaysian Journal Of Psychiatry, 22 (1). pp. 51-60. ISSN 2232-0385
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Abstract
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the association of neurotic personality traits and coping styles with depression amongst first year medical and dental students. Methods: A total of 167 students consisting of 133 medical and 34 dental students in their first year were recruited. All the subjects were assessed using BDI, NEO PI-R (N) and Brief COPE for depression, neurotic personality traits and coping styles respectively. Result: First year dental students were 3 times more likely to have depression than first year medical students. Students who scored high and very high on the total Neuroticism factor and the Depression facet of NEO PI-R (N) were 3.6 times and 7 times more likely to have depression than students who scored very low, low or average for the above scales. All coping styles and other socio-demographic factors showed no association with depression. Conclusion: Neurotic personality traits are significantly associated with depression. NEO PI-R (N) proved to be a useful tool to evaluate the neurotic traits among medical and dental students allowing early interventional measures to those who need it
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Neurotic Personality Traits, Depression, Coping Style, Medical Student, Dental Student |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences) > Article Zoom Profil Pakar (Expert Profile) > Zahiruddin Othman (Medical Sciences) |
| Depositing User: | Administrator Automasi |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2019 06:34 |
| Last Modified: | 13 May 2019 06:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/44318 |
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