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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
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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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2023, 44 (6) 613-620; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20230055

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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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