scholarly journals Coping Styles Among High School Graduates Aiming to Study Medicine in Dealing With Depressive and Anxious Symptoms

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Erschens ◽  
Teresa Loda ◽  
Felicitas Stuber ◽  
Anne Herrmann-Werner ◽  
Christoph Nikendei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Human Medicine ◽  
University Education ◽  
Self Report ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Sum Score ◽  
Resilience Factors

Background: Psychological distress, its associated stressors and resilience factors, and the implications derived for the education and training of medical students and physicians have long been the subject of international studies. The study presented here investigated affective symptoms in association with coping styles in the earliest phase of University medical education: high school graduates aiming to study medicine.Materials and Methods: We conducted a self-report survey at a medical school in Germany among high school graduates who indicated being interested in studying medicine at the university's on-campus recruitment day. The questionnaire included validated instruments for the self-assessment of symptoms of depression (i.e., Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9) and anxiety (i.e., Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7), and participants were also asked to rate functional and dysfunctional behavior-based coping styles for symptoms of depression and anxiety. Additional variables addressed were gender, motivation, interest in studying medicine, and parental employment in medicine.Results: Of 400 high school graduates, 346 (87%) completed the survey. More than 40 (12.5%) and nearly 30 (8.4%) reported relevant symptoms of depression (PHQ-9 sum score ≥10) and anxiety (GAD-7 sum score ≥10), respectively. Among the graduates, young women had higher values for symptoms of depression than young men, and one's interested exclusively in studying human medicine tended to have marginally higher levels of symptoms of depression than ones who were also interested in other subjects. Relevant functional coping styles included seeking social support, relaxing, engaging in sports, listening to or making music, and reading books, whereas relevant dysfunctional coping styles included consuming alcohol, abusing drugs, restrictive eating, watching TV, surfing the Internet, and withdrawing and ruminating.Conclusion: The results clarify the burden and associated resilience factors of premedical high school graduates at the earliest phase of their University education. As such, they reveal ways to address educational and supportive services and support the need for further investigation into factors of success in studying human medicine.

scholarly journals Analysis of Workforce Skills in High School Graduates: Self Report of High School Seniors in Northwest Ohio

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Jason A. Hedrick ◽  
Greg Homan ◽  
Jeff Dick
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Workforce Skills ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
School Graduation

Analysis of workforce competencies at the conclusion of high school graduation are discussed in this paper. Researchers sampled over 875 graduating seniors from 16 high schools within six counties throughout Northwestern Ohio. Results highlight future career and educational goals of these young people and a self-report of skills based on the SCANS competencies and basic foundation skills. When evaluating Foundation Skills of Personal Qualities, Basic Skills, and Thinking Skills, students indicated highest ratings in Personal Qualities and overall lowest ratings in Basic Skills. A series of five Workforce Competencies were also evaluated, including Using Resources, Using Information, Using Technology, Interpersonal Skills, and Working in Systems. Highest ratings for Competencies were reported in Interpersonal Skills and lowest in Using Resources.

scholarly journals The Effects of University Education on the Political Attitudes of Young Adults

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Eric Mintz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
University Education ◽  
The Political

The attitudes of a panel of young adults in the Corner Brook, Newfoundland area on a variety of politically-relevant topics were examined over a two year period to measure the possible effects of a university education. Generally, those who attended university did not change significantly in their attitudes as compared to high school graduates who did not attend university.

scholarly journals COVID-19 among Chinese high school graduates: Psychological distress, growth, meaning in life and resilience

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532199081
Author(s):  
Yongju Yu ◽  
Yongjuan Yu ◽  
Jiangxia Hu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Depression Symptoms

This study examined perceived impact of COVID-19 (PIC) on mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic growth) and roles of resilience and meaning in life. In October 2020, 430 Chinese high school graduates completed self-report measures. Results showed that 4.4% and 5.8% participants had anxiety and depression symptoms (⩾10), respectively, while 13.3% developed posttraumatic growth (⩾37.5). Resilience and meaning in life mediated the relationships between PIC and mental health outcomes. These findings underline psychological distress and growth coexisted in COVID-19, while resilience and meaning in life served as important protective factors of mental health.

After Commencement, Clarity

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Freeman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists

Without the supports of IEP programming, high school graduates on the autism spectrum may struggle. Here are five ways speech-language pathologists in schools can help them transition to what's next.

Emotion-Oriented Coping Style Predicts Self-Harm in Response to Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Frei ◽  
Vladimir Sazhin ◽  
Melissa Fick ◽  
Keong Yap
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Self Harm

Abstract. Psychiatric hospitalization can cause significant distress for patients. Research has shown that to cope with the stress, patients sometimes resort to self-harm. Given the paucity of research on self-harm among psychiatric inpatients, a better understanding of transdiagnostic processes as predictors of self-harm during psychiatric hospitalization is needed. The current study examined whether coping styles predicted self-harm after controlling for commonly associated factors, such as age, gender, and borderline personality disorder. Participants were 72 patients (mean age = 39.32 years, SD = 12.29, 64% male) admitted for inpatient treatment at a public psychiatric hospital in Sydney, Australia. Participants completed self-report measures of coping styles and ward-specific coping behaviors, including self-harm, in relation to coping with the stress of acute hospitalization. Results showed that younger age, diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and higher emotion-oriented coping were associated with self-harm. After controlling for age and borderline personality disorder, higher levels of emotion-oriented coping were found to be a significant predictor of self-harm. Findings were partially consistent with hypotheses; emotion-oriented but not avoidance-oriented coping significantly predicted self-harm. This finding may help to identify and provide psychiatric inpatients who are at risk of self-harm with appropriate therapeutic interventions.

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