The relationship among self-efficacy, perfectionism and academic burnout in medical school students.
- Author:
Ji Hye YU
1
;
Su Jin CHAE
;
Ki Hong CHANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Perfectionism; Socially prescribed perfectionism; Academic self-efficacy; Academic burnout
- MeSH: *Burnout, Professional; *Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Female; Humans; Male; *Perfectionism; *Personality; Regression Analysis; *Schools, Medical; Self Concept; *Self Efficacy; Students, Medical/*psychology
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Education 2016;28(1):49-55
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among academic self-efficacy, socially-prescribed perfectionism, and academic burnout in medical school students and to determine whether academic self-efficacy had a mediating role in the relationship between perfectionism and academic burnout. METHODS: A total of 244 first-year and second-year premed medical students and first- to fourth-year medical students were enrolled in this study. As study tools, socially-prescribed perfectionism, academic self-efficacy, and academic burnout scales were utilized. For data analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted. RESULTS: Academic burnout had correlation with socially-prescribed perfectionism. It had negative correlation with academic self-efficacy. Socially-prescribed perfectionism and academic self-efficacy had 54% explanatory power for academic burnout. When socially-prescribed perfectionism and academic self-efficacy were simultaneously used as input, academic self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between socially-prescribed perfectionism and academic burnout. CONCLUSION: Socially-prescribed perfectionism had a negative effect on academic self-efficacy, ultimately triggering academic burnout. This suggests that it is important to have educational and counseling interventions to improve academic self-efficacy by relieving academic burnout of medical school students.
