The College Adjustment Scales (CAS) test and recent students’ school performance upon entry into a medical school
| Autor: | A.M. Espinosa-Galindo, José Luis Iglesias-Benavides, E. Blum-Valenzuela, A.M. Rivas-Estilla, A.V. López-Tovar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
030505 public health education 05 social sciences Medical school Draw-a-Person test medicine.disease Test (assessment) Substance abuse 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences 03 medical and health sciences School performance medicine Population study 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychiatry Psychology Suicidal ideation Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Medicina Universitaria. 18:201-204 |
| ISSN: | 1665-5796 |
| Popis: | Admission to a degree program represents a challenge for new students, which those that show greater emotional stability and ability to face school adjustment will best solve. The Draw a Person test and Anton and Reed's College Adjustment Scales (CAS) questionnaire was applied to 2364 first year students of a Medical School in northeastern Mexico admitted during the years 2013 and 2014. One or more abnormal scales were documented in 674 students (28.4%). A correlation study between 1000 students with normal scales and the 674 students with abnormal scales was performed. The group with normal tests had a greater number of student approval (64% vs 46.9%) p = 0.03. A significant correlation was found with school failure in four of the CAS abnormalities: depression ( p = 0.005), academic problems ( p = 0.001) substance abuse ( p = 0.004) and suicidal ideation ( p = 0.043). We concluded that the evidence of depression, academic problems, substance abuse and suicidal ideation were associated statistically with low academic performance in the study population. |
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