Stress among Brazilian Dental Students in Different Periods: Prevalence and Perceptions

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the influence of the school year, consi-dering different times on the academic trajectory of stress among Brazilian dental students (n = 111) as well as grasp the values established by the subject facing this prospect. The methodologi-cal grant for data collection was the Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults Lipp applied in the beginning and at the end of the semester, and the technique in the focus group interview. The re-sults demonstrated academic tickets with significantly higher rates of this phenomenon at the end of the semester, when compared to graduates (p = 0.004). The perceptions of academics on the etiology of stress associated opinions unveiled the pedagogical design, teacher performance, dif-ficulties in interpersonal relationships as well as the course extrinsic factors. It can be con-cluded that the stress is the present and modulate phenomenon in investigated academic tra-jectory