@article{ref1,
title="Parental Support, Personality, Self-Efficacy and Depression among Medical Students",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2010",
author="Mustafa, Muhammad Bazlan and Nasir, Rohany and Yusooff, Fatimah",
volume="7",
number="",
pages="419-424",
abstract="This study aimed to determine the relationships between parental support, personality and self-efficacy with depression among medical students. Subjects for this study were 1,029 medical students from seven Higher Learning Institutions in Peninsular Malaysia. The questionnaires used were: Career-Related Parent Support Scale (CRPSS), NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), College Self-Efficacy Instrument (CSEI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for measuring parental support, personality, self-efficacy and depression. The results of the Pearson's correlation analysis showed that there were significant negative relationships between parental support, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and self-efficacy with depression. A significant positive correlation between Neuroticism with depression was also found.<p />",
language="",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.10.057",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.10.057"
}