The role of the authentic personality in anticipation anxiety, depression, stress and feeling lonely in medical sciences students

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA. student in Family Counseling, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant professor in psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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Introduction: People with authentic personality versus psychological adversity and psychological trauma more resistance. The aim of this study was evaluation the predictive role of the authentic personality in anticipation anxiety, depression, stress and feeling lonely in medical sciences students.
 
Materials and Methods: In this correlational study, 203 medical sciences students of Isfahan University in academic year of 2015-2016 were selected through convenient sampling method and they fulfilled inventory of authentic personality, Anxiety, Depression, Stress Scale and inventory of feeling lonely. Data were analyzed using multiple regression by stepwise method.
 
Results: The results showed that the relationship between self-alienation and accepting external influences with psychological health (anxiety, depression, stress) was significant (P=0.001). On this basis self-alienation and accepting external influences play greater role in anticipation of anxiety, depression and stress. In addition self-alienation and authentic-living play greater role in anticipation emotional feeling lonely. Also social feeling lonely and the total feeling lonely were the best predictors for self-alienation
 
Conclusion: It seems that students' mental health and feeling lonely can be explained by their personality traits.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, Issue 4
July and August 2017
Pages 441-447

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