Relationship between personality organisation and the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress among university students in health careers in the Region of Coquimbo, Chile

• Published in: Revista colombiana de psiquiatría (English ed.) 2017-10, Vol.46 (4), p.203-208
• Main Authors: López, René Barraza, Navarro, Nadia Muñoz, Astorga, Ana Contreras
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ansiedad; Anxiety; Depresión; Depression; Estrés; Estudiantes del área de la salud; Health career students; Personalidad; Personality; Stress
• ISSN: 2530-3120; 2530-3120
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2017.09.003

The literature reports a set of variables associated with depression, anxiety and stress in health career students. The only one of these that could have a constant input is the structure of personality organisation. The present study aims to determine the relationship between the dimensions of personality organisation and depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms reported by first-year university health career students. Under a non-experimental ex-post-facto design, the personality organisation was evaluated in 235 1st year university, medical, nursing, and kinesiology from three universities of La Serena and Coquimbo (Chile). Inventory of personality organisation and scale of depression, anxiety and stress to sift participants was used. The relationship of personality with depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms was determined by multiple regression analysis. It was found that the primary and overall personality dimensions explained 28% of the variance of depression (p