Psychological distress and academic self-perception among international medical students: the role of peer social support
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15110%2F14%3A33150913" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15110/14:33150913 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0256-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0256-3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0256-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12909-014-0256-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Psychological distress and academic self-perception among international medical students: the role of peer social support
Original language description
Psychological distress among medical students is commonly observed during medical education and is generally related to poor academic self-perception. We evaluated the role of peer social support at medical schools in the association between psychological distress and academic self-perception. An online survey was conducted in a medical degree program for 138 international students educated in English in the Czech Republic. The Medical Student Well-Being Index was used to define the students' psychological distress. Perceived peer social support was investigated with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Poor academic self-perception was defined as the lowest 30% of a subscale score of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure. Analyses evaluated the presence of additive interactions between psychological distress and peer social support on poor academic self-perception, adjusted for possible confounders. Both psychological distress and low peer social support we
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FQ - Public health system, social medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
BMC Medical Education
ISSN
1472-6920
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
1
Pages from-to
256
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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