Students' perceived stress and perception of barriers to effective study: impact on academic performance in examinations

Turner, Jackie; Bartlett, David; Andiappan, Manoharan; Cabot, Lyndon

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.850

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“…The difference in findings may be of cultural significance or may suggest a role for emotional intelligence in aspects of dental education not measured by the OSCE. For instance, although gender and perceived stress were significantly associated with poorer dental school performance in prior studies, 22 , 23 these findings may correspond more to traditional testing formats and earlier years of professional school than measured by the OSCEs in our study. Further research with a greater population size is necessary to confirm our findings to validate the equality of the OSCE as an assessment tool.…”

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The Dental School Interview As a Predictor of Dental Students’ OSCE Performance

Park

Price

Karimbux

2018

Journal of Dental Education

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of the dental school admissions interview score as a noncognitive indicator of performance in predoctoral dental education, with specific attention to whether a correlation existed between the admissions interview scores and performance on the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). The study population consisted of all 175 students in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) DMD Classes of 2012 through 2016. Data on students' gender and age on entering dental school were self-reported using their applications for admission to the HSDM DMD program. Data on students' OSCE scores for three examination sessions were collected from the Office of Dental Education. The results showed that the students' interview scores did not significantly correlate with OSCE performance on any of the three exams. Performance on the first and second OSCEs did, however, correlate with performance on the third OSCE (p<0.05). Age on entering dental school was not significantly associated with performance on any of the three OSCEs; however, among male students, there was a significant negative correlation (p<0.05) between entering age and performance on the second and third OSCEs. There was no significant association between gender and OSCE or interview score. These results suggest that although the admissions interview scores can serve as an important resource in student selection, with the lack of association between interview and OSCE scores, it is possible that the communication skills required for the interview do not directly overlap with those required for OSCE success.

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The Dental School Interview As a Predictor of Dental Students’ OSCE Performance

Park

Price

Karimbux

2018

Journal of Dental Education

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“…university transition, combining employment with study, self-funding of education, and academic demands) (Denovan and Macaskill 2016). Though university is largely a positive, challenging experience, evidence indicates that UK university students report higher levels of stress than general population averages (Turner et al 2015). Research shows that the high stress levels among students are not restricted to the UK, with reported stress levels exceeding general population averages in Sweden (Vaez, Kristenson, and Laflamme 2004), Canada (Adlaf, Demers, and Gliksman 2005), the US (Blanco et al 2008), and Australia (Stallman 2010).…”

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Evaluating the Perceived Stress Scale among UK university students: implications for stress measurement and management

Denovan

Dagnall

Dhingra

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Studies in Higher Education

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“…Orucu and Demir [34] recommended the use of this tool across different cultures and also in the student population. This tool consists of a 14-item scale, but its 10item version is widely used in international studies examining students' perceived stress [35][36][37][38][39]. In general, a higher score indicates a higher perceived stress.…”

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Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

Gavurová¹,

Ivankova²,

Rigelský³

2020

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The objective of the study was to examine the effects of perceived stress on depression and subsequently to examine the effects of depression on alcohol use disorders. The data were obtained by an electronic questionnaire survey during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (n=1523 Slovak college students). Descriptive, regression and correlation analysis were used in the analytical processing, while the analyses included students' scores in three diagnostic tools (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Patient Health Questionnaire for depression (PHQ 9) and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)), as well as gender and income characteristics. The PSS identified an increased level of perceived stress in female students, in contrast, the AUDIT showed an increased level of alcohol use disorders in male students. Differences in mental and behavioural disorders between the gender and income categories were significant in most of the analysed cases. In terms of gender-income characteristics, it was possible to confirm a significant positive effect of the PSS score on the PHQ 9 score, as well as a significant positive effect of the PHQ 9 score on the AUDIT score. As a result, efforts to reduce stress will be reflected in a reduction of depressive disorders as well as a reduction of excessive alcohol consumption among students.

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Students' perceived stress and perception of barriers to effective study: impact on academic performance in examinations

Cited by 36 publications

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The Dental School Interview As a Predictor of Dental Students’ OSCE Performance

The Dental School Interview As a Predictor of Dental Students’ OSCE Performance

Evaluating the Perceived Stress Scale among UK university students: implications for stress measurement and management

Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

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