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Common mental disorders and subjective well-being: Emotional training among medical students based on positive psychology.
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- Exploring the relationship between mental health and dialect use among Chinese older adults: a moderated mediation estimation.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Associations between academic burnout, resilience and life satisfaction among medical students: a three-wave longitudinal study.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Optimism and Emotional Regulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- PEACE of mind: Guidelines for enhancing psychological support for medical students.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2020Article
- Character Strengths Profiles in Medical Professionals and Their Impact on Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Hope, optimism, gratitude, and wellbeing among health professional minority college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACHArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe prevalence of common mental disorders among medical students is globally high. However, medical students tend to seek less professional help to treat their mental health issues. Hence, ways have been devised to reduce emotional stress in this population.
objectiveThe current study uses positive psychology techniques to increase subjective well-being (SWB) in order to reduce symptons of common mental disorders (CMD) in medical students (MS).
methodsThe study comprised two groups: intervention group (n = 37) and control group (n = 32). Throughout seven weeks, the intervention group had meetings focused on emotions, mental health of medical students, gratitude, appreciation, optimism, resilience, qualities and virtues. The control group attended conventional medical psychology classes (psychosomatic aspects in clinical illness, for example).
resultsThe intervention group presented average increase by 2.85 points in the positive emotions scale; average increase by 2.53 points in the satisfaction-with-life scale; and average decrease by 1.79 points in the SRQ-20 scale, when it was compared to the control group. The intervention effect size was moderate.
conclusionUse of techniques to increase SWB may reduce CMD in MS, even if these techniques do not diminish negative emotions.
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