Relationships among emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress in medical students.
10.3946/kjme.2015.27.3.187
- Author:
Hyo Hyun YOO
1
;
Kwi Hwa PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Medical Education, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Emotional intelligence;
Ego-resilience;
Coping efficacy;
Academic stress
- MeSH:
*Adaptation, Psychological;
*Education, Medical;
*Emotional Intelligence;
Humans;
Republic of Korea;
*Schools, Medical;
*Stress, Psychological;
Students, Medical/*psychology
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Education
2015;27(3):187-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the causal relationship between emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress. METHODS: Participants were 424 medical students from four medical schools in Korea. We examined their emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress using a t-test, an analysis of variance, correlational analysis, and path analysis. RESULTS: First- and second-year students scored higher on academic stress than did those from third- and fourth-year students. Further, coping efficacy mediated the relationships between emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, and academic stress. Academic stress was directly influenced by coping efficacy, and indirectly by emotional intelligence and ego-resilience. This showed that coping efficacy play an important role in academic stress. CONCLUSION: Our findings may help medical schools design educational programs to improve coping efficacy in students, and to reduce their academic stress.
