1. Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress in Dental Undergraduates: A Multinational Survey
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Sudeshni Naidoo, Ray Croucher, Michael L. Rowland, Elisavet Makrynika, Ruxandra Moraru, Rahimah AbdulKadir, Allan Pau, and Boyen Huang
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Adult ,Male ,Higher education ,Cross-sectional study ,Emotions ,Intelligence ,Students, Dental ,South Africa ,Sex Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Stress (linguistics) ,Humans ,Satisfaction with decision ,Response rate (survey) ,Career Choice ,Greece ,Romania ,business.industry ,Emotional intelligence ,Australia ,Malaysia ,Regression analysis ,General Medicine ,United Kingdom ,United States ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Educational Status ,Regression Analysis ,Female ,Psychology ,business ,Social psychology ,Stress, Psychological ,Career choice ,Demography - Abstract
This multinational survey investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and perceived stress (PS) in seven countries. First-year dental undergraduates attending a dental school in England, Greece, Romania, South Africa, Australia, and the United States and three schools in Malaysia were invited to complete a set of questionnaires on age, gender, academic background, satisfaction with career choice, EI, and PS. Of 860 questionnaires distributed, 596 were fully completed--a response rate of 69.3 percent. Mean EI score was 123.8 (95 percent CI 122.7-124.9), and mean PS score was 19.1 (95 percent CI 18.6-19.7). Significant differences in EI and PS scores were detected between different countries. Females (p
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- 2007
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