Author(s)

Jean Érick Langoski¹, Letícia Breus Klipan¹, Danielle Bordin², Marcelo Ubiali Ferracioli³, Márcia Helena Baldani Pinto¹, Cristina Berger Fadel^1*

¹Departament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil.
²Social and Preventive Dentistry, Paulist State University, Aracatuba, Brasil.
³Departament of Education, State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil.

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the influence of the school year, considering different times on the academic trajectory of stress among Brazilian dental students (n = 111) as well as grasp the values established by the subject facing this prospect. The methodological grant for data collection was the Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults Lipp applied in the beginning and at the end of the semester, and the technique in the focus group interview. The results demonstrated academic tickets with significantly higher rates of this phenomenon at the end of the semester, when compared to graduates (p = 0.004). The perceptions of academics on the etiology of stress associated opinions unveiled the pedagogical design, teacher performance, difficulties in interpersonal relationships as well as the course extrinsic factors. It can be concluded that the stress is the present and modulate phenomenon in investigated academic trajectory.

Disease Susceptibility, Psychological Stress, Dental Students, Stress, Higher Education

Langoski, J. , Klipan, L. , Bordin, D. , Ferracioli, M. , Pinto, M. & Fadel, C. (2015). Stress among Brazilian Dental Students in Different Periods: Prevalence and Perceptions. Psychology, 6, 297-304. doi: 10.4236/psych.2015.63030.