مستوى التكيّف الأكاديمي لدى عينة من طلبة الطب البشري في جامعة الخليج العربي في ضوء متغيري النوع والجنسية
The aim of this study was to explore the level of academic adaptation among medical students at the Arabian Gulf University and the factors that affect it. For this goal, we used Henry Borow’s scale for academic adaptation which is composed of 52 items. Prior to actual data collection, the scale validity and reliability were checked. Our sample was comprised of (169) year one students who were randomly selected from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, in Bahrain. Collected data was analyzed by using standard deviation, independent sample t-test and one way ANOVA. Our results showed that the level of academic adaptation among medical students was moderate. No statistically significant effects were reported between student`s academic adaptation and gender or nationality. Based on this data, we recommend that more research is needed to study possible correlation between academic adaptation and other factors such as psychological stress, student`s personality among others. (Published abstract)