Open AccessLife Orientation Test- Revised (LOT-R) Versus Academic Score in Various First Year Health Professional Students
Author(s) -
Puja Dulloo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20643.8645
Subject(s) - optimism , statistical significance , test (biology) , psychology , mental health , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
Health field per se requires mental, physical and psychological steadiness and wellbeing. In modern times decline in psychological and physical health has been observed in student after admission in health education program. Factors like perfectionism, self-esteem, personal and professional consequence have affected their academic score directly or indirectly. Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) instrument measures optimism in relation to self-esteem of individual. A better score will show more confidence level of the student.