Research Article
Medical Students’ Experience of and Reaction to Stress: The Role of Depression and Anxiety
Table 6
Difference between depressed and nondepressed students stressors and reaction to stressors.
| | Subscales | Nondepression | Depression | (356) | value | | (Sd) | (Sd) |
| | Stressors | | | | | | Frustration | 18.14 (4.97) | 19.23 (4.70) | −2.056 | 0.044* | | Conflict | 8.57 (2.32) | 8.62 (2.23) | −.212 | 0.832 | | Pressure | 13.05 (3.41) | 13.63 (2.95) | −1.688 | 0.92 | | Changes | 8.00 (2.83) | 8.78 (2.51) | −2.57 | 0.010* | | Self-imposed | 20.64 (4.28) | 21.25 (4.26) | −1.276 | 0.203 | | Total stressors score | 68.54 (12.70) | 71.52 (12.48) | −2.12 | 0.034* | | Reaction to stressors | | | | | | Physiological | 31.73 (11.19) | 33.59 (9.95) | −1.611 | 0.108 | | Emotional | 11.98 (3.60) | 12.80 (3.65) | −2.037 | 0.043* | | Behavioural | 16.19 (5.46) | 16.18 (5.48) | −1.013 | 0.312 | | Cognitive appraisal | 6.97 (2.04) | 6.74 (1.70) | 1.177 | 0.240 | | Total reaction to stressors score | 66.87 (17.32) | 69.93 (16.39) | −1.64 | 0.101 |
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value less than 0.05 was defined as significant.
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