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- Title
Academic stress and coping strategies in medical university students.
- Authors
Quero-Palomino, V.; Gomez-Peinado, A.; Torralba-Viorreta, R.; Mata-Saenz, B.; Muñoz-Martínez, V.; Diaz-Quero, I.
- Abstract
Introduction: Academic stress is a widespread phenomenon among students worldwide, being especially high among the university population and even more so in the area of Health Sciences. Studies in this academic context have focused on assessing the main stressors and coping strategies used. The concept of stress coping strategies has received increasing attention from psychologists and health professionals. It is one of the most popular concepts in current psychological research. Two coping styles predominate: focused on solving the problem (active), or focusing on emotion control (passive). The search for social support has mixed components and can be considered as an intermediate coping modality. Objectives: To analyze the coping styles most frequently used by medical university students. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study was performed. The study population included 80 medicine students of the UCLM. The Academic Stress Coping Scale (A-CEA) was used as a measuring instrument. It is a measure of self-report that measures to what degree students use certain coping strategies to respond to academic stress. Results: The strategy most commonly used by medical students is the search for support. This is also the most used among women followed by emotion-centered strategies, while men show a greater preference for active strategies. Conclusions: Students use different mechanisms to overcome and process the stressful context. Coping is part of the individual psychological resources that influences on the quality of life and psychological well-being. One of the most emblematic topics in this field of study focuses on differences from a gender perspective.
- Subjects
OVERPRESSURE (Education); STRESS management; MEDICAL students; COLLEGE students; PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2020, Vol 63, pS687
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article