An Assessment of Psychological Resilience Levels of Dental Students as Future Healthcare Workers

Authors : Tuğçe Nuriye Ünlü, Şükrü Can Akmansoy, Berceste Polat Akmansoy, Okan Cem Kitapçı, Pınar Kılıç Aksu, Gonca Mumcu

Pages : 215-231

Doi:10.31201/ijhmt.1667860

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Publication Date : 2025-07-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: Dental education includes both theoretical knowledge and clinical practice so that students acquire the skills to prevent, diagnose and treat oral health problems. Dental students feel stress owing to an inability to keep up with the workload and to complete clinical requirements. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the psychological resilience levels in dental students as future healthcare workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 678 dental students (F/M:428/250) from a foundation university (FU) and 550 students (F/M:358/192) from a public university (PU). Data were collected by a questionnaire regarding personal information and the “Brief Resilience Scale” (BRS) with a 6-item (1-6 points). The BRS score was categorized into two groups as the low resilience ( 0.05). Conclusion: Since differences were observed in psychological resilience according to gender, clinical education, and university profile, mentoring programs regarding these factors should be developed to empower dental students.
Keywords : Psikolojik Dayanıklılık, Diş Hekimliği Eğitimi, Diş Hekimliği Öğrencileri, Klinik Uygulama

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