Academic life experiences, personal competences and mental health in health sciences students

Abstract

The goal of this investigation was to identify the Academic Life Experiences that have a major impact upon the Mental Health of young adult students of higher education degrees in the field of the Health Sciences, as well as the domains of Personal Competences that can contribute to the absence of psychological disturbance among them. The research dealt with a sample of 620 people, medical students, nursing students and allied health students: physiotherapy, cardiopulmonary technology and radiographer students, whose average age is 20,3 and ranges between 18 and 25 years old, being 81% female. The instruments used were a Demographic Questionnaire; The Academic Life Experiences Questionnaire – QVA (Almeida & Ferreira, 1997, 1999; Ferreira & Almeida, 1997); The Self-Perception Profile for College Students – SPPCS (Neemann & Harter, 1986; Pais-Ribeiro 1994) and The Mental Health Inventory – MHI (Pais-Ribeiro, 2001; Veit & Ware, 1983) (...)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v23i1.322