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The impact of low self-esteem on academic achievement and the behaviors related to it among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Saleh A. Alghamdi, Mohammed A. Aljaffer, Faisal S. Alahmari, Ahmed B. Alasiri, Abdullah H. Alkahtani, Fadhah S. Alhudayris and Bassam A. Alhusaini
Saudi Medical Journal June 2023, 44 (6) 613-620; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20230055
Saleh A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Aljaffer
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Faisal S. Alahmari
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed B. Alasiri
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah H. Alkahtani
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fadhah S. Alhudayris
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bassam A. Alhusaini
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vol. 44 no. 6 613-620
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20230055
PubMed 
37343984

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 17, 2023
  • Accepted May 25, 2023
  • Published online June 21, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Saleh A. Alghamdi, MBBS, MD,
  2. Mohammed A. Aljaffer, MBBS, MD,
  3. Faisal S. Alahmari, MBBS⇑,
  4. Ahmed B. Alasiri, MBBS,
  5. Abdullah H. Alkahtani, MBBS,
  6. Fadhah S. Alhudayris, MBBS and
  7. Bassam A. Alhusaini, MBBS
  1. From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, from the College of Medicine (Alahmari,. Alasiri, Alkahtani, Alhudayris, Alhusaini), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Faisal S. Alahmari, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: Faisal-alahmari2016{at}hotmail.com
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2023, 44 (6) 613-620; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20230055
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