Effect of Stress and Coping with Stress Capability on  Burnout among Medical Students

Abstract. Background: Stress is response and acknowledged as a natural respond to problems in daily life. Coping is defined as a process used to confront stress with various degree of effectiveness. Purpose: To correlate cause of stress and coping mechanism based on sex and year of admission among Universitas Airlangga medical students year 2013, 2014, and 2015. Method: This study was observational analytic study. Data were taken by self-administrated questionnaires (demographic, Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire, and BriefCOPE) Result: Respondents were dominated by female (60%) and out of 90 answers, the most frequent stressor was Academic Relater stressor (45.12%) regardless of the gender and admission year, and the most frequent coping mechanism is Planning (79.50%) and Religion for female students (80.75%) and 2013 students (78.75%). There was a significant correlation between stressor Intrapersonal and Interpersonal and Teaching and Learning Related also coping mechanism Planning, Humor, and Religion between male and female participants. There was also significant correlation between different admission year for coping mechanism Denial, Humor, and Self Blame. Conclusion: The most common stressor of the student year 2013, 2014, and 2015 with medical major in Universitas Airlangga is Academic Related and the most common coping mechanism is Planning.Keywords: medical student, academic stressor, coping mechanism, observational analytic study

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Perception of stress and coping tactics among medical students at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Archives of Mental Health ◽

10.4103/amh.amh_23_18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 166

Author(s):

Shahnawaz Mushtaq ◽

Zeenat Fatima ◽

Faisal Shaan

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

And Coping ◽

Coping Tactics

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Perceived Stress and Coping Profile of Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0401.008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rohan Kalra ◽

Narayan R Mutalik ◽

Vinod A ◽

Shankar Moni ◽

S B Choudhari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Test Methods ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Health Concern ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Brief Cope ◽

And Coping

Background: In the current competitive world, every student’s life is very stressful due to various factors like studies, exams, batch mates, lecturers or pressure by parents. Stress is sometimes called as the wear and tear experienced by everyone’s body because we need to adjust to the ever changing environment. Objective: Aim was to assess the perceived stress and coping profile among undergraduate medical students in Bagalkot. A total of 100 undergraduate students from S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot were included based on systematic random sampling test methods. Each enrolled student was given two self-rating questionnaires-Perceived Stress Scale and Brief Cope Inventory. Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact were used for analysis. Result: Majority of study participants had belonged to very high health concern level followed by high health concern level. Most of the participants used self-distraction and active coping strategy. Perceived stress was not associated with sex, religion, place of domicile or type of the family. Conclusion: The effect of stress depends on the way it is perceived. The coping strategies are usually influenced by socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. So they vary from individuals to individuals. Students who are stressed must receive counseling on how to manage and cope up with the stress. We need to enforce early interventions strategies to improve the quality of life of each student by reducing the stress.

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