Original scientific paper
ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AS A PREDICTOR OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR
Amra Zalihić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1838-1465
; Department of Family Medicine, Health Care Centre Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Sabina Mešukić
; Medical Faculty at the University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Bože Sušac
; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
Katarina Knezović
; Medical Faculty at the University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Marko Martinac
; Center for Mental Health, Health Care Centre Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Abstract
Higher education students comprise a particularly vulnerable group for the development of anxiety symptoms and disorders. The aim of our research was to examine the impact of anxiety sensitivity on the success of medical students at the University of Mostar, and to establish the differences between students depending on their sex and the year of study. One hundred students in their first and fifth year of medical school were interviewed using the ASI questionnaire, 7 days prior to their final exams. Here we demonstrate a positive correlation between anxiety sensitivity and academic success. We did not find any significant differences between the first and fifth-year medical students, nor between participants based on their sex. We conclude that anxiety can have a positive impact on the academic achievement of higher education students.
Keywords
medical students; anxiety; teaching; achievement
Hrčak ID:
263979
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Publication date:
13.9.2017.
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