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Beyond Bouncing Back: Exploring Undergraduate Dental Professional Students' Perceptions of Resilience
Vaida Kaunaite1, Marina Harris2
1University of Portsmouth Dental Academy, Portsmouth, UK.
International Journal of Dental Hygiene
|March 31, 2025
Summary
Dental students perceive resilience as a dynamic ability to overcome challenges, influenced by personal and environmental factors. Understanding these perceptions can inform resilience training programs for dental professionals.
Area of Science:
- Dental Education
- Mental Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Mental health issues in dentistry often emerge during undergraduate training.
- Cultivating resilience is crucial for dental students and professionals to foster a positive mindset.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore undergraduate dental students' perceptions of resilience.
- To identify factors that enhance or challenge resilience in dental education.
- To understand strategies for developing resilience within the dental profession.
Main Methods:
- A focus group was conducted with eight undergraduate dental students from the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.
- Braun and Clarke's six-phase thematic analysis was used to interpret the qualitative data.
Main Results:
- Four main themes emerged: definition of resilience, factors enhancing resilience, factors challenging resilience, and developing resilience in dentistry, with 23 subthemes.
- Students defined resilience as the capacity to recover from adversity.
- Resilience was perceived as a dynamic, contextual phenomenon influenced by personal, social, and environmental factors.
Conclusions:
- This study provides insights into dental students' understanding of resilience and its influencing factors.
- Findings can inform the development of targeted resilience training programs for dental students.
- Enhancing resilience is vital for supporting mental well-being in the dental profession.
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