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ArticleBMC oral health2024

The interplay of spiritual health, resilience, and happiness: an evaluation among a group of dental students at a state university in Turkey.

Meltem Karahan, Bahar Basak Kiziltan Eliacik, Kursad Nuri Baydili

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Meltem KarahanPrivate Practice, Istanbul, Turkey. meltemkarahan@yahoo.com.tr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-6849
Bahar Basak Kiziltan EliacikDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamidiye Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1848-3007
Kursad Nuri BaydiliDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-0406

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Abstract

backgroundDental education is one of the disciplines where students are most significantly affected psychologically. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between spiritual health, resilience and happiness levels of dental students at a state university in Turkey.

methodsThis cross- sectional study included 212 students from the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades of the faculty of dentistry. A questionnaire consisting of 4 sections was used in the study. The sections of the questionnaire include students' general and academic information, Turkish adaptations of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, The Brief Resilience Scale, and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire-Short Form. Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS 25 package program. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess the normal distribution of the data. The Mann-Whitney U test was preferred for comparisons between two categorical variables and one numerical variable. The Kruskal-Wallis H test was employed for comparisons involving two categorical variables and one numerical variable. The presence of a relationship between two numerical variables was examined using the Spearman test.

resultsIn terms of resilience and happiness scores, males had higher scores than females. It was determined that third graders scored higher than fifth graders in harmony with nature scores, and third graders scored higher than fourth graders in deregulation scores. There was a positive correlation between happiness, spiritual well-being and resilience; a negative correlation between happiness and anomie. There was no significant relationship between age and happiness scores. As a result of multiple linear regression to determine the factors affecting happiness; increases in spiritual well-being and resilience will lead to an increase in happiness levels.

conclusionThis study concluded that increased levels of spiritual well-being and resilience among a group of dental students would lead to increased levels of happiness. However, further research is needed to understand the relationship between mental health, resilience and happiness levels during dental education.

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HappinessResilience, PsychologicalSpiritualityStudents, DentalAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTurkeyUniversitiesYoung AdultDentistryHappinessHolistic healthResilienceSpiritual health

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