title: [Psychological distress in medical students - a comparison of the Universities of Munich and Witten/Herdecke].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compares the distress levels of medical students in two different academic settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from N= 76 medical students at the Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H) and N = 343 medical students at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) with an online questionnaire battery of established questionnaire instruments for assessing distress as well as life and study satisfaction (SWE, ADS-K, PSQ, SF-12, STQL-S).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis revealed significant differences between the students with regard to self efficacy expectation, depression, psychological distress, and satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because no differences in coping strategies were found between the two groups of students, with the exception of relaxation techniques, the impact of contextual and structural factors on medical students' well-being is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Generation Research Program, Humanwissenschaftliches Zentrum de Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Prof.-Max-Lange-Platz 11, 83646 Bad Tölz. kohls@grp.hwz.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Niko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kohls
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Büssing
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: Janosch
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rieß
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vetter
authors.forename: Harald Bernhard
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Jurkat
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005858:Germany; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload