A cross sectional study to find out the prevalence of type D personality and its associated factors among undergraduate students of a dental college in western Uttar Pradesh

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Deepaken_US
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Gurpreeten_US
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Rahulen_US
dc.contributor.authorTuteja, Chetnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Ankuren_US
dc.contributor.authorFarswal, Anujen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:45:08Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:45:08Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractBackground: An individual personality is reflected in their thoughts, emotion and behavior. Type D personality is defined as joint tendency towards negative emotions and social inhibition. Type D personality is associated with anxiety, depression and psychological stress. The present study is conducted to assess the incidence of Type D personality in the under graduate dental students as they are prone to excessive stress in their education. To study the prevalence Type D personality in first year dental students and to study the various variables associated with type D personality.Methods: The personality of students was analyzed by using DS 14 questionnaire. Likert scale was used to calculate the personality score. The students scoring high on either or both subscales taking cut off value as 10 was considered as type D.Results: 15% students had only social inhibition and 7% students had only negative affectivity. 5% students had both social inhibition and negative affectivity. Overall, the prevalence type D personality was found to be 27% among the students of dental college. The type D personality students were significantly associated with habits like alcoholism.Conclusions: The early identification of Type D personality can be helpful both for physical and mental wellbeing and we can minimize its impact on health by adopting healthier life style, yoga and meditation, mentorship in early college days, emotional support etc.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Deepak, Kaur Gurpreet, Bansal Rahul, Tuteja Chetna, Kumar Ankur, Farswal Anuj. A cross sectional study to find out the prevalence of type D personality and its associated factors among undergraduate students of a dental college in western Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Oct; 6(8): 3444-3448en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn23946040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201479
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber8en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193469en_US
dc.subjectType D personalityen_US
dc.subjectAlcoholismen_US
dc.subjectDental studentsen_US
dc.subjectDS14 questionnaireen_US
dc.titleA cross sectional study to find out the prevalence of type D personality and its associated factors among undergraduate students of a dental college in western Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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