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Academic Stress and Its Influencing Factors among Medical and Non-Medical Students

의대생과 비의대생의 학업 스트레스와 영향요인에 관한 연구

  • Seong, Anna (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Heo, Suyeon (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoon, Jeonggyo (Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Ji Yeon (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Min Gi (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jeon, Jong ha (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae Hoon (Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Kwi Hwa (Department of Medical Education, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Im, Jeong-Soo (Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ko, Kwang-Pil (Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Jaehun (Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Yoon-Hyeong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine)
  • 성안나 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 허수연 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 윤정교 (가천대학교 의과대학, 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이지연 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 최민기 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 전종하 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 김재훈 (가천대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 박귀화 (가천대학교 의과대학, 의학교육학교실) ;
  • 임정수 (가천대학교 의과대학, 예방의학교실) ;
  • 고광필 (가천대학교 의과대학, 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정재훈 (가천대학교 의과대학, 예방의학교실) ;
  • 최윤형 (가천대학교 의과대학, 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2021.04.26
  • Accepted : 2021.06.22
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

This study examined the relationships among personality traits, coping efficacy, and academic stress in medical and non-medical students in South Korea, and investigated the mediating effect of coping efficacy in the relationship between personality traits and academic stress. The study group comprised 210 medical students and 175 non-medical students. They were asked to rate their personality traits, coping efficacy, and academic stress. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS ver. 26.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and AMOS ver. 26.0 (IBM Corp.). Medical students scored higher for examination stress and lower for extroversion than non-medical students. In both groups, extroversion and conscientiousness positively affected coping efficacy, while neuroticism influenced it negatively. Neuroticism directly influenced all types of academic stress in both groups, while extroversion and conscientiousness only had direct effects on examination stress among medical students. Coping efficacy mediated the associations between personality traits and academic stress, except for the relationship between neuroticism and grade stress among medical students. The study indicates that coping efficacy had a significant effect on relieving academic stress among students with higher scores for extroversion and conscientiousness. Efforts should be made to decrease neuroticism to lower academic stress, as the relationship between neuroticism and academic stress is not directly influenced by coping efficacy. The implications of these results are discussed regarding a consultation system for students, especially those in medical school.

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본 연구는 2019년 2학기 가천대학교 예방의학 수업 그룹프로젝트의 일환으로 진행되어 가천대학교에서 연구비를 지원받았다.

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