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First semester medical-surgical clinical students (n = 54) and final semester medical-surgical clinical students (n = 41) completed a Clinical Stress Questionnaire and a hardiness measure.<br> Statistical analysis showed significantly (p< 0.05) more reported stress among final semester clinical students. Final semester clinical students also reported significantly more stress as treat than first semester students. The two groups did not differ significantly on the variables of hardiness, commitment and control. The challenge trait was significantly higher in the first semester student group.<br> As an entire group, hardiness was negatively related to the evaluation of threat (r = -0.3017) and younger students possessed more of the challenge personality trait. 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