The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program
Abstract Background Resilience is an essential aspect of wellbeing that plays a major role in undergraduate medical education. Various personal and social factors are known to affect resilience. Empirical evidence remains limited regarding resilience and the personal factors that affect it among und...
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doaj-6b44370609da42d1922a8c786f6c862c2021-02-21T12:09:33ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202021-02-0121111010.1186/s12909-021-02547-5The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical programArdi Findyartini0Nadia Greviana1Azis Muhammad Putera2Reynardi Larope Sutanto3Vernonia Yora Saki4Estivana Felaza5Medical Education Center, Indonesia Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaMedical Education Center, Indonesia Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaDepartment of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaDepartment of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaMedical Education Center, Indonesia Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaMedical Education Center, Indonesia Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), Faculty of Medicine Universitas IndonesiaAbstract Background Resilience is an essential aspect of wellbeing that plays a major role in undergraduate medical education. Various personal and social factors are known to affect resilience. Empirical evidence remains limited regarding resilience and the personal factors that affect it among undergraduate medical students in an Asian setting. Therefore, this study aims to identify undergraduate medical students’ level of resilience and its relationships to personal factors in Indonesia. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students in years 1–6. Respondents were asked to complete three validated questionnaires: the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to measure resilience, the Brief-COPE to assess coping mechanisms, and the Big Five Personality Test to measure five personality dimensions. Descriptive and Pearson’s correlation analyses were completed to explore relationships between each variable. Regression analysis was completed to analyze the extent to which coping mechanisms, personality, and academic achievement explained the variation in resilience scores. Results A total of 1040 respondents completed the questionnaires (a 75.42% response rate). Students in both preclinical and clinical stages had quite good levels of resilience and higher scores on adaptive coping mechanisms than on maladaptive coping mechanisms. Adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, Big Five Personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness), and students’ academic achievement explained 46.9% of students’ resilience scores. Conclusions Although the resilience scores in this study were comparable to resilience scores among undergraduate medical students in other settings, we found that coping mechanisms, personality traits, and academic performance may predict resilience among medical students.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02547-5ResilienceUndergraduateMedical studentsCoping mechanismPersonality traits |
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Ardi Findyartini Nadia Greviana Azis Muhammad Putera Reynardi Larope Sutanto Vernonia Yora Saki Estivana Felaza The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program BMC Medical Education Resilience Undergraduate Medical students Coping mechanism Personality traits |
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The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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The relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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relationships between resilience and student personal factors in an undergraduate medical program |
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Abstract Background Resilience is an essential aspect of wellbeing that plays a major role in undergraduate medical education. Various personal and social factors are known to affect resilience. Empirical evidence remains limited regarding resilience and the personal factors that affect it among undergraduate medical students in an Asian setting. Therefore, this study aims to identify undergraduate medical students’ level of resilience and its relationships to personal factors in Indonesia. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students in years 1–6. Respondents were asked to complete three validated questionnaires: the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to measure resilience, the Brief-COPE to assess coping mechanisms, and the Big Five Personality Test to measure five personality dimensions. Descriptive and Pearson’s correlation analyses were completed to explore relationships between each variable. Regression analysis was completed to analyze the extent to which coping mechanisms, personality, and academic achievement explained the variation in resilience scores. Results A total of 1040 respondents completed the questionnaires (a 75.42% response rate). Students in both preclinical and clinical stages had quite good levels of resilience and higher scores on adaptive coping mechanisms than on maladaptive coping mechanisms. Adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, Big Five Personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness), and students’ academic achievement explained 46.9% of students’ resilience scores. Conclusions Although the resilience scores in this study were comparable to resilience scores among undergraduate medical students in other settings, we found that coping mechanisms, personality traits, and academic performance may predict resilience among medical students. |
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Resilience Undergraduate Medical students Coping mechanism Personality traits |
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