Hafiza Rida Dawood, Suniya Sohail, Sara Jaffar, Asifa Javed, Sijal Safdar, Shoaib Kiyani, Muhammad Ehab Azim, Hina Shafi.
Co-Relation of Psychological Stress & Self-Esteem on Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among DPT Students.
J Riphah Coll Rehab Sci Jan ;10(1):35-9.

Abstract: Background: Stress can disrupt an individuals bodily and mental wellbeing. It is apt to state that Professional education is a stressful phase for numerous candidates, and can result in a negative effect on ones emotional health and academic performance. Objective: The objective of the study was to identify the correlation of Psychological stress and self-esteem on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students. Methods: The study was conducted for the duration of 8 months from July 2019 to February 2020, after getting approval from the institutional research committee FUIRS and the sampling technique was convenient sampling. The study included 298 DPT students (13.70%) males and (86.30% females) with a mean age of 21.9 +1.59 years. For the evaluation of suicidal thoughts and behavior, psychological stress and self-esteem. We used the suicidal behavior questionnaire revised version SBQ Revised, student stress inventory scale SSI, and Rosenberg questionnaire RBQ respectively. Statistical analysis was done through SPSS version 21. Results: The results showed that there was a non-significant very weak negative correlation between Suicidal thoughts & behavior with students self-esteem (r = -0.1, p = 0.084) and a significant weak positive correlation between Suicidal thoughts & behavior with students psychological stress (r = 0.309, p = 0.001). Conclusion: The results showed that DPT students constitute a vulnerable group having a weak positive correlation of Psychological stress on suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Keywords: Psychological stress, Suicide, Self-esteem

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