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University students face various stressors related to academics, personal issues, and their environment. This stress can negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study aimed to explore stressors influencing Palestinian dentistry students at Arab American University and their relationship with HRQOL. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 232 undergraduate dentistry students using a comprehensive 46-item questionnaire. Stressors across,individual, academic, faculty, and institutional domains were measured. HRQOL was assessed across psychological, occupational, , personal and social, physical, and religious and spiritual domains (63 items). Data analysis included descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression modeling. Key stressors included academic workload, facultyrelations, clinical training, and social adjustment. These significantly correlated with poorer HRQOL, especially psychological wellbeing and academic performance. Regression analysis found higher anxiety, time management difficulties, instructor attitude, and dietary changes as top predictors of reduced HRQOL. Palestinian dentistry students face multifaceted stressors that profoundly impact HRQOL. A supportive educational environment encompassing counseling services, mentorship programs, stress management training, and student-centered policies is crucial. This study highlights specific stressors affecting an under-researched population, guiding context-appropriate interventions to improve wellbeing and academic outcomes. Los estudiantes universitarios se enfrentan a diversos factores estresantes relacionados con los estudios, las cuestiones personales y su entorno. Este estrés puede afectar negativamente a la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS). El objetivo de este estudio era explorar los factores estresantes que influyen en los estudiantes palestinos de odontología de la Arab American University y su relación con la CVRS. Se llevó a cabo una encuesta transversal entre 232 estudiantes de odontología mediante un cuestionario exhaustivo de 46 preguntas. Se midieron los factores estresantes en los ámbitos individual, académico, docente e institucional. La CVRS se evaluó en los ámbitos psicológico, laboral, personal y social, físico, religioso y espiritual (63 ítems). El análisis de los datos incluyó estadísticas descriptivas, análisis de correlación y modelos de regresión. Los principales factores estresantes fueron la carga de trabajo académico, las relaciones con el profesorado, la formación clínica y la adaptación social. Estos factores se correlacionaron significativamente con una peor CVRS, especialmente con el bienestar psicológico y el rendimiento académico. El análisis de regresión reveló que la mayor ansiedad, las dificultades para gestionar el tiempo, la actitud del profesor y los cambios dietéticos eran los principales predictores de una menor CVRS. Los estudiantes palestinos de odontología se enfrentan a múltiples factores estresantes que afectan profundamente a su CVRS. Es crucial contar con un entorno educativo de apoyo que incluya servicios de asesoramiento, programas de tutoría, formación en gestión del estrés y políticas centradas en el estudiante. Este estudio pone de relieve los factores estresantes específicos que afectan a una población poco investigada y orienta las intervenciones adecuadas al contexto para mejorar el bienestar y los resultados académicos.

Background: Within the Indian society and its many communities, adolescents exhibit a wide range of individual differences, including cognitive abilities, learning styles, and personality traits. These differences can influence how students perceive and cope with test anxiety and related stress. Objective: The primary goal of this research study was to investigate the influence of cognitive test anxiety on academic performance in adolescents from both minority (Muslims) and majority (Hindus) communities in India. Method: Based on descriptive-inferential research design, a sample of 450 students was selected, with 223 students representing the majority community and the remaining 227 students representing the minority community. The participants were drawn randomly from various schools in Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Finding: The findings of the study indicated a significant influence of cognitive test anxiety on the academic performance of both minority and majority community adolescents. Conclusion: On the bases of findings, it may be concluded that the influence of cognitive test anxiety on academic performance among adolescents of minority and majority communities is a complex as well significant issue, where socio-cultural factors, educational environment, and individual differences do contribute to cognitive test anxiety experienced by students.

Background: Individuals affected by narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are characterized by lack of empathy, grandiosity, low self-esteem, and a need for attention and special treatment that leads to unstable interpersonal relationships, occupational problems, and significant psychosocial distress. Objectives: The study aims to evaluate which Narcissistic Personality (NP) dimensions are the strongest and most significant predictors of NPD. Methods: The present study followed a cross-cultural research design aimed at determining the strongest and most significant predictors of NPD, therefore the shortened version of the Narcissistic Personality Indicators (NPI) questionnaire (NPI-40) developed by Raskin and Terry (1988) was administered online to those individuals interested to explore their personality type, in particular Narcissistic Personality. Results: The total sample population of the present study consisted of 11243 subjects, of which 6425 were males (57.1%) and 4766 (42.4%) were females; 12 (0.1%) respondents did not declare their gender while 40 (0.4%) identified themselves as others. Out of the total sample population, 647 (5,75%) were found to be having NPD. Conclusions: The present study has confirmed the utility of the NPI dimensions in predicting narcissistic personality disorder and has identified Exhibitionism as the strongest and most significant predictor of the NPD. The current findings contribute to the literature by adding more evidence to the concept of narcissism as a multi-dimensional construct. Multiple narcissism measures should be employed in future research to gain a better knowledge of the NPI dimensions as predictors of the NPD.

For many students and teachers achievement motivation has become not just an essential part of vocational life but also infringing even on the quality of social, family and work life. Achievement motivation has been studied as one of the most positive aspect of students’ life while, occupational or role stress has been linked with individuals’ social, family and organizational sector. This study examines the impact of social and family stress on the achievement motivation of school and college teachers in Aligarh, India. Statistical analyses of questionnaire returns of 200 teachers reveal that the impact of social and family role stress was not significant on the achievement motivation of the subjects. This insignificant relationship may be attributed to the fact that Indian school as well as college teachers keep their social and family stress separate from their achievement motivation. This separation was made possible because the teachers were academically and professionally successful and this enabled them to distinguish between their personal and professional domains of life and not allowing any undue interference of outside events or happenings.

Long-term conservation tillage and straw incorporation are reported to improve the soil health, growth, and yield traits of crops; however, little is known regarding the optimal nitrogen (N) supply under conservation tillage with straw incorporation. The present study evaluated the effects of conservation tillage practices (ZTsas: zero tillage plus wheat straw on the soil surface as such, and MTsi: minimum tillage plus wheat straw incorporated) and different N application rates (50, 100, 150, and 200 kg ha−1) on the yield and quality traits of cotton and soil characteristics in a five-year field experiment. The results showed that ZTsas produced a higher number of bolls per plant, boll weight, seed cotton yield, 100-seed weight, ginning out-turn (GOT), fiber length, and strength than MTsi. Among different N application rates, the maximum number of bolls per plant, boll weight, seed cotton yield, GOT, 100-seed weight, fiber length, strength, and micronaire were recorded at 150 kg N ha−1. Averaged over the years, tillage × N revealed that ZTsas had a higher boll number plant−1, boll weight, 100-seed weight, GOT, fiber length, and strength with N application at 150 kg ha−1, as compared to other tillage systems. Based on the statistical results, there is no significant difference in total soil N and soil organic matter among different N rates. Further, compared to MTsi, ZTsas recorded higher soil organic matter (SOM, 8%), total soil N (TSN, 29%), water-stable aggregates (WSA, 8%), and mean weight diameter (MWD, 28.5%), particularly when the N application of 150 kg ha−1. The fiber fineness showed that ZTsas had no adverse impact on fiber fineness compared with MTsi. These results indicate that ZTsas with 150 kg N ha−1 may be the optimum and most sustainable approach to improve cotton yield and soil quality in the wheat–cotton system.