A cross-sectional study of coping and its relationship with personality traits in medical students and interns.

IF 2 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Indian Journal of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-15 DOI:10.4103/indianjpsychiatry_6_25

Sapan V Lakhotia, Mehul J Brahmbhatt

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Abstract

Background: Effective coping is indispensable for negotiating the challenges of medical college. Numerous factors affect the choice and usefulness of coping strategies, and personality holds considerable significance among these.

Aim: We planned the present study to investigate coping-personality relationships in medical students, identify common coping strategies used, and study the influence of demographic factors on coping.

Methods: Students completed questionnaires with demographic details and two self-report scales: Big-Five Inventory (personality) and Brief COPE (coping).

Results: Out of the 300 forms distributed, 256 responses met the inclusion criteria. Brief COPE scores were higher for engagement/adaptive coping. Significant correlations were found between various coping strategies and personality traits. Conscientiousness correlated the most with adaptive strategies and neuroticism with maladaptive ones. We conclude that engagement coping is used more commonly by medical students.

Conclusion: Those with high conscientiousness and low neuroticism are more likely to use effective coping strategies.

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医学生、实习生应对及其与人格特质关系的横断面研究。

背景：有效的应对是应对医学院校挑战的必要条件。许多因素影响应对策略的选择和有用性，个性在这些因素中占有相当重要的地位。目的：本研究旨在探讨医学生的应对-人格关系，确定常用的应对策略，并研究人口统计学因素对应对的影响。方法：学生填写人口统计学详细资料问卷和大五量表（人格）和简略COPE（应对）两种自述量表。结果：在发放的300份表格中，有256份符合纳入标准。参与/适应性应对的简短COPE得分更高。各种应对策略与人格特质之间存在显著相关。责任心与适应策略的相关性最大，神经质与适应不良策略的相关性最大。我们得出结论，医学生更常使用敬业应对。结论：尽责性高、神经质程度低的学生更倾向于使用有效的应对策略。

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Indian Journal of Psychiatry Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

3.20%

发文量

130

审稿时长

34 weeks

期刊介绍： The Indian Journal of Psychiatry (ISSN 0019-5545), is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society. It is published Bimonthly with one additional supplement (total 5 issues). The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication. The issues are published Bimonthly. An additional supplement is also published annually. Articles can be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com . The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.