Abstract
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
Highlights
Stress is defined as the result of pressure, a relationship between a person and their environment where they judge that their resources are no longer adequate, the situation becomes endangering to their wellbeing
Materials and methods This research study was observational analytic study which aim 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
Data were taken by self-administrated questionnaires RESULTS
Summary
Stress is defined as the result of pressure, a relationship between a person and their environment where they judge that their resources are no longer adequate, the situation becomes endangering to their wellbeing. The cause of stress residency tend to use some inappropriate and not is perceived very differently by people built upon effective stress-coping strategy which may lead their belief whether the pressure and the resources to higher stress level and unwanted outcome.[4] to take care of it is deemed appropriate or not, and the best judge of the cause and the severity of stress is the person themselves.[1] Medical students are prone to get stress due to demanding study schedule and heavy workload This condition is very susceptible for them to develop particular cumulative reaction, known as the burnout syndrome, characterized by severity, disruption of adaptation, and negative attitudes and behaviors leading to lower personal achievement at school.
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