Volume 25, Issue 111, May, 2021

"Medical Student Syndrome" in Vietnamese psychology students

Thuy-Trinh Ngo-Thi¹, Gia-Phuoc Tran-Thien², Nhu-Thuyen Dang-Thi^3♦, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi⁴

¹Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
²Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
³Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
⁴Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

ABSTRACT

Medical student syndrome is related to health anxiety and the amount of specialized knowledge of students. This study conducted to examine medical student syndrome on Vietnamese psychology students when they are studying courses related to clinical psychology and psychotherapy. This study used Medical Students Syndrome Questionnaire including 5-item Medical Students' Disease Perception Scale and 5-item Medical Students' Disease Distress Scale, and Health Anxiety Questionnaire to survey 249 psychology students from the Ho Chi Minh University of Education and The University of Danang – University of Science and Education in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang City, Vietnam. The findings of our study showed that the number of clinical courses had predictive power on Medical student syndrome. Students participating in more than one clinical course were more likely to increase distress. Besides, the results also indicated that Medical Students Syndrome and health anxiety were significantly and positively correlated.

Keywords: Health anxiety, Major, Medical student syndrome, Psychology students, Vietnamese

Medical Science, 2021, 25(111), 1061-1070

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