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Physiological, emotional, and professional adaptation of medical students

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Female medical students were examined. The somatic health index (HI) according to Apanasenko and state-trait anxiety according to Spielberger were determined. The professional adaptation was estimated by academic performance (the average marks during a semester). Cluster analysis (the k-mean method) was used to distinguish four classes of students differing in their adaptation profiles: (1) good professional adaptation (academic performance), moderate anxiety, and a high HI; (2) poor academic performance and good psychophysiological adaptation; (3) moderate academic performance, a satisfactory psychological and emotional state, and a low HI; and (4) an academic performance lower than the sample average, high anxiety, and a low HI. Methods for correcting maladaptation based on the data obtained are suggested.

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  1. Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia

    D. A. Andreev, A. I. Nesterenko, V. N. Vasil’ev, T. I. Podkopaeva & T. V. Robenkova

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Andreev, A.I. Nesterenko, V.N. Vasil’ev, T.I. Podkopaeva, T.V. Robenkova, 2007, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 128–131.

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Andreev, D.A., Nesterenko, A.I., Vasil’ev, V.N. et al. Physiological, emotional, and professional adaptation of medical students. Hum Physiol 33, 498–501 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119707040196

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