This study aimed to describe anxiety, depression and perceived social support variables of University of Chile dental students in two moments in the semester, and also checks the requirements of this curriculum and the increases of the levels of anxiety and depression. The scales Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale -HADS- (Snaith & Zigmond, 1983) and Duke University Functional Social Support -DUFSS- were applied. The study was a cross-sectional and longitudinal, descriptive, correlational and with a nonrandom sample (n=440). The findings are that students are significantly more anxious than depressed, especially female, and those who attend to the third and fourth years. The HADS has good reliability, finding a solution of two factors that indicate the original structure of the questionnaire.
Keywords:
anxiety, depression, social support, university students
Dávila Figueras, A., Ruiz Celis, R., Moncada Arroyo, L., & Gallardo Rayo, I. (2011). Levels of anxiety, depression and social support perception in students of Dentistry, University of Chile. Revista De Psicología, 20(2), Pág. 147–172. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2011.17937
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