Table 1. Bivariate relationship between risk/resilience factors and the somatization index, prevalence of risk/resilience factors within the two groups of students, and χ2 test on contingency between the variables ‘course of study’ and ‘risk/resilience factor’.

		Course of study
	Somatization index rs	Medicine (%)	Dentistry (%)	χ2 (df = 1)
Risk factor
Positive family history of psychiatric illness	0.10	37.3	38.8	0.043
Own psychiatric illness	0.22**	9.0	12.5	0.552
BDI-II >13	0.44***	22.8	40.2	9.23**
Female sex	0.27***	70.4	66.7	0.443
Being single	−0.14*	44.7	38.7	0.97
Low socioeconomic status	0.05	1.5	2.3	0.16
Loss of parent	0.12	17.9	12.6	1.00
Financial worries	0.17*	17.6	24.0	1.70
Alcohol consumption	−0.05 12.0	12.4	0.01
Drug abuse	0.23***	14.2	10.9	0.68
Nicotine abuse	0.18**	11.6	12.2	0.02
Neuroticism (>M + 1SD)	0.25***	9.0	21.9	5.10*
Study related stress factors
Uncertain prospects	0.07	2.8	0.8	1.56
Competition among students	0.12*	9.2	9.3	0.00
Shortage of time	0.12*	62.7	64.3	0.08
Excessive demands / mental overload	0.20***	21.1	34.1	5.74*
Pressure to perform	0.24***	50.0	66.7	7.70**
Loneliness	0.07	13.4	13.2	0.00
Resilience factor
Use of relaxation techniques	0.11	21.3	24.2	0.33
Study satisfaction	−0.18**	73.0	69.5	0.41
Religiousness	−0.04 26.9	17.8	2.17
Healthy diet	−0.06 65.5	47.3	9.13**
Actively making music	−0.04 27.7	22.4	0.97
Sport	−0.16**	63.4	69.3	1.05
Emotional support	−0.24***	81.0	76.0	1.01
Time for social contacts	−0.15*	17.6	11.6	1.92

Notes.

r_s = Spearman rank correlation, N = 271, medical students n = 142, dentistry students n = 129, correlation r between Somatization index and BDI-II total score r = .54***

^*p ≤ 0.05.

^**p ≤ 0.01.

^***p ≤ 0.001.