Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State.
burnout
coping skills
medical studies
resilience
stress factors
Journal
The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa
ISSN: 1608-9685
Titre abrégé: S Afr J Psychiatr
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 100958626
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
18
09
2019
accepted:
28
04
2020
entrez:
25
8
2020
pubmed:
25
8
2020
medline:
25
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Medical studies place students at risk for burnout. Resilience enables students to cope with adversity. Students' coping skills will ensure the well-being of future healthcare professisonals. This study investigated resilience and coping among undergraduate medical students. Undergraduate students at the University of the Free State medical school. A cross-sectional study was performed. Quantitative data regarding resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), coping strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire) and relevant information were collected by means of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Five hundred students (pre-clinical Associations between resilience scores and year of study, gender, ethnicity, levels and type of stress varied. Academic pressure was a major source of stress. Adaptive coping strategies were associated with higher resilience scores.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Medical studies place students at risk for burnout. Resilience enables students to cope with adversity. Students' coping skills will ensure the well-being of future healthcare professisonals.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated resilience and coping among undergraduate medical students.
SETTING
METHODS
Undergraduate students at the University of the Free State medical school.
METHODS
METHODS
A cross-sectional study was performed. Quantitative data regarding resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), coping strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire) and relevant information were collected by means of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Five hundred students (pre-clinical
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Associations between resilience scores and year of study, gender, ethnicity, levels and type of stress varied. Academic pressure was a major source of stress. Adaptive coping strategies were associated with higher resilience scores.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32832128
doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471
pii: SAJPsy-26-1471
pmc: PMC7433285
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1471Informations de copyright
© 2020. The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
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