Personality traits predict job stress, depression and anxiety among junior physicians
Open Access
- 9 November 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Medical Education
- Vol. 13 (1), 150
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-13-150
Abstract
High levels of stress and deteriorating mental health among medical students are commonly reported. In Bergen, Norway, we explored the impact of personality traits measured early in their curriculum on stress reactions and levels of depression and anxiety symptoms as junior physicians following graduation.Keywords
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