Abstract
This study aimed to determine the relationships between parental support, personality and self-efficacy with depression among medical students. Subjects for this study were 1,029 medical students from seven Higher Learning Institutions in Peninsular Malaysia. The questionnaires used were: Career-Related Parent Support Scale (CRPSS), NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), College Self-Efficacy Instrument (CSEI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for measuring parental support, personality, self-efficacy and depression. The results of the Pearson's correlation analysis showed that there were significant negative relationships between parental support, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and self-efficacy with depression. A significant positive correlation between Neuroticism with depression was also found.
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