Perceived Sources and Levels of Stress Among Turkish Dental Students: A Multi-centre Study

categories. In most of the stress items and six stress categories, females showed significantly more stress than males. A significant difference was found among at least two or more faculties for each stress category. Conclusion: The modification of curricula, establishment of student counselling, assignment of student advisors and student-oriented programmes may be considered as stress reduction methods. However, further studies are warranted to examine the success of these methods.