Burnout and Engagement in Health Profession Students: The Relationships Between Study Demands, Study Resources and Personal Resources

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara G. Robins ◽  
Rachel M. Roberts ◽  
Aspa Sarris
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Health Profession ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Health Profession Student ◽  
Profession Student ◽  
Additional Variance

Burnout has been related to increased suicidal thoughts, lower self-esteem and dropout in university students. Engagement in students, however, has been underexplored. This study uses the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and the Conservational of Resources (COR) model to contribute to the knowledge about burnout and engagement in health profession university students. In particular, the role of personal resources, including psychological flexibility, was examined. Participants were 260 nursing, social work, occupational therapy and psychology students from 10 Australian universities. Regression analyses were used to test the JD-R model with a health profession student sample. The model was extended by including personal resources and testing mediation and moderation hypotheses. Personal resources contributed significant additional variance to the model. Mediation effects of study demands and resources with psychological flexibility were found, while moderation effects were not. The results indicate the validity of the JD-R model in a health profession student population and the important role of personal resources. Further design and evaluation of interventions targeting personal resources and study demands and resources are indicated.

Creative Solutions for Today's Students

2022 ◽  
pp. 66-95
Author(s):  
Tyan Thomas ◽  
Alice Lim Scaletta ◽  
Sharon K. Park
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Health Profession ◽  
Mental Disabilities ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Student Demographics ◽  
Health Profession Student ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Profession Student ◽  
Educational Pursuits

This chapter will explore the connection between diversifying health profession student demographics, diversifying challenges these students face, and the new obstacles presented by shifting curriculum delivery to remote and hybrid learning during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The chapter will explore challenges that may seem especially difficult to address in a remote learning model: the desire to develop community among fellow learners when in a hybrid or fully remote program and when learners are from varied backgrounds; cultivating in students coping mechanisms to manage anxiety from the economic uncertainty of today's world, balancing commitments between educational pursuits and other responsibilities (e.g., child or parent care, etc.); and facilitating learning for students with physical and/or mental disabilities or chronic medical conditions.

scholarly journals Strategies of University Students to Cope with COVID-19 and the Role of Psychological Flexibility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekavet Kabasakal ◽  
Özge Akkoç
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Inflexibility ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Flexible Working Hours ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Study Participants

The COVID-19 outbreak is an important stress factor that threatens the health of individuals both physically and psychologically. Within the scope of struggling the outbreak, many precautions, such as quarantine practices, social distance rules, distance education, flexible working hours have been taken and the lives of individuals have changed greatly. One of the groups that have been significantly influenced by this process is university students. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the ways in which university students cope with the outbreak and to understand the role of psychological flexibility. There were 457 university students in the study. Participants completed an online questionnaire form comprising items relevant to their coping strategies and psychological flexibility levels. Results revealed that participants used transcendental coping the most while relational coping the least. Additionally, psychological inflexibility negatively predicted transcendental, behavioral, and relational coping behaviors. These results revealed the fact that psychological flexibility is an important mechanism that channels students’ coping behaviors in such a critical process.

Psychological Flexibility as a Moderator of the Relationships between Job Demands and Resources and Occupational Well-being

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pinto Novaes ◽  
Maria Cristina Ferreira ◽  
Felipe Valentini
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Work Overload ◽  
Negative Affects

AbstractThe aim of this study was to identify the relations of job demands (work overload) and job resources (social support and autonomy) with subjective job well-being (job satisfaction, positive affects, negative affects), as well as the moderating role of personal resources (psychological flexibility at work) in such relationships. The sample consisted of 4,867 Brazilian workers, of both sexes, with ages ranging from 18 to 67 years. Structural equation modelling showed that the work overload was negatively associated with job satisfaction (β = –.06; p < .001) and positively with negative affects (β = .24; p < .001); autonomy was positively associated with satisfaction (β = .08; p < .001) and negative affects (β = .08; p < .001); social support was positively associated with satisfaction (β = .17; p < .001) and positive affects (β = .20; p < .001), and negatively with negative affects (β = –.21; p < .001); psychological flexibility moderated the relationships of overload with satisfaction (β = .04; p < .05) and negative affects (β = .08; p < .001); autonomy with positive affects (β = –.06; p < .001) and social support with negative affects (β = .08; p < .001). These results are discussed from perspective of a job demands-resources theory, especially with respect to the relevance of personal resources for the promotion of occupational well-being.

scholarly journals The mediation effects of smartphone addiction on relationship between aggression and nomophobia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Cahit Nuri ◽  
Cemaliye Direktör ◽  
Ahmet Arnavut
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
Aggression Level

The aim of this study is to research the mediational role of smartphone addiction on relationship between nomophobia and aggression level of university students. The data collected through the convenience samples over the Internet has reached a wider audience. The study group consisted of 307 university students. Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form, Buss Perry Aggression Scale and Nomophobia Scale were used during the research process. In addition, Relational survey method used, and mediation model of Baron and Kenny’s was used to analyze the mediation effect of smartphone. Smartphone usage is related to nomophobia and anger. Partial mediation effect of smartphone addiction was proved among nomophobia and anger. On the relation between aggression and nomophobia, the smartphone indirect effect value is %6. Keywords: Aggression, Mediational Role, Nomophobia, Smartphone Addiction

scholarly journals Strategies of University Students to Cope with COVID-19 and the Role of Psychological Flexibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekavet Kabasakal ◽  
◽  
Özge Akkoç ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Inflexibility ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Flexible Working Hours ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Study Participants

The COVID-19 outbreak is an important stress factor that threatens the health of individuals both physically and psychologically. Within the scope of struggling the outbreak, many precautions, such as quarantine practices, social distance rules, distance education, flexible working hours have been taken and the lives of individuals have changed greatly. One of the groups that have been significantly influenced by this process is university students. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the ways in which university students cope with the outbreak and to understand the role of psychological flexibility. There were 457 university students in the study. Participants completed an online questionnaire form comprising items relevant to their coping strategies and psychological flexibility levels. Results revealed that participants used transcendental coping the most while relational coping the least. Additionally, psychological inflexibility negatively predicted transcendental, behavioral, and relational coping behaviors. These results revealed the fact that psychological flexibility is an important mechanism that channels students’ coping behaviors in such a critical process.

Role of Emotional Intelligence in Managing Stress Among University Students

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iram Feroz ◽  
Asma Parveen ◽  
Iftekhar Ahmed ◽  
Nandita Choube
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
University Students ◽  
Managing Stress
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