Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
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Department of Behavioural Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Research Article   
  Sources of Stress and Psychosocial Correlates of Wellbeing among Medical Student?s at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
  Author(s): Lash Pie*, Vanie Roth and Baily Lan
  
  Objective: Medical training is generally perceived to be arduous. Student’s experience of challenges makes them susceptible to mental and emotional conditions that compromise wellbeing. This study examined sources of stress and the psychosocial correlates of wellbeing among medical student’s at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing among medical student’s as future health practitioners. Method: A total of three hundred and six (306) medical student’s participated in this cross-sectional survey using the Ryff Wellbeing Scale (RWS), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Worry and Emotionality Questionnaire (WEQ) for test anxiety, and the Sources of Stress Questionnaire (SSQ) to assess psychological wellbeing and sources of stress among the m.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0487.23.13.444

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