“SURVEY: ACADEMIC STRESS , SYMPTOMS AND FACTORS CAUSING IT . GENDER DIFFERENCES IN STRESS COPING MECHANISMS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS”
Keywords:
Stress, Stress factors, Stress in medical students, Gender differences, academic stress, medical students, stress coping mechanisms, gender differences in stress coping mechanisms, stress managementAbstract
This study aims to assess how and why academic stress prevails and affects medical students; and the ways by which male and female medical students differ in the ways they cope with stress, especially in the demanding field of medical education. It seeks to understand whether gender influences the strategies students use, to manage their stress and how these differences affect their mental and physical well-being.
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