The association of social capital and social skills on mental health among medical science students

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  • ABE Tomomi
    Faculty of Nursing, Hirosaki Gakuin University
  • AIDA Jun
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
  • ITO Kanade
    Department of Oral Care for Systemic Health Support, Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • KITADA Shiro
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Sports & Health Science, Daito Bunka University
  • ESUMI Shingo
    School of Nursing, Jichi Medical University
  • TSUBOYA Toru
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
  • MATSUYAMA Yusuke
    Department of Global Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • SATO Yukihiro
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
  • IGARASHI Ayaka
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
  • OSAKA Ken
    Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry

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  • 医療系大学生の社会関係資本及び社会的スキルと精神的健康との関連
  • イリョウケイ ダイガクセイ ノ シャカイ カンケイ シホン オヨビ シャカイテキ スキル ト セイシンテキ ケンコウ ト ノ カンレン

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<p>Objective: This study aimed to examine the association of social capital and social skills with mental health among medical science students.</p><p>Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study, distributing questionnaires to 648 medical science students, and analyzed 414 valid data by using multiple regression analysis. The independent variables were basic attributes (school, sex, grade, living condition, parents' educational background), social capital (cognitive social capital and structural social capital), and social skills while the logarithmic form of mental health was the dependent variable.</p><p>Results: Multiple regression analysis revealed that cognitive social capital at school (β=-0.13, P=0.02), meeting with friends/acquaintances "several times a week" (β=-0.15, P=0.045), and social skills (β=-0.24, P<0.01) were associated with better mental health. Group learning "several times a year" (β=0.20, P<0.01), "several times a month" (β=0.15, P=0.01), and "several times a week" (β=0.11, P=0.04) were associated with poor mental health.</p><p>Conclusion: High scores of cognitive social capital and social skills were associated with better mental health among medical science students. These association should be further examined.</p>

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