TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between gender and coping mechanisms with burnout events in first-year medical students
AU - Palupi, Rena
AU - Findyartini, Ardi
N1 - Funding Information:
Rena Palupi: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2535-6543; Ardi Findyartini: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-3994 Acknowledgements: We would like to thank all first-year medical students of academic year 2017/2018 who participated voluntarily in this study. We would like to acknowledge the support of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia for providing the publication grant for the present study. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Dr Retno Asti Werdhani who provided feedback on the statistical analysis and Ms Daniar Setyorini who facilitated the data collection. Funding: None. Conflicts of interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Author contributions: RP conducted the study, completed data collection and analysis, and contributed to manuscript development. AF designed the study, completed data analysis, and led the manuscript development.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Purpose: First-year students are susceptible to experiencing burnout if the coping mechanism being used is inadequate; therefore, employing effective coping mechanisms could help students to minimize burnout. Coping mechanisms are divided into five groups: problem-focused, emotion-focused, dysfunctional coping, adaptive, and maladaptive coping. The burnout dimension includes emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased academic performance that may be influenced by gender. This study aims to elaborate on the relationship between gender and coping mechanisms with burnout events in first-year medical students. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using a total sample of first-year students from a medical school. Results: A total of 167 respondents (response rate 98.9%) completed a Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey. The results showed that there was no significant relationship between gender and burnout (p>0.05). On the contrary, maladaptive/dysfunctional coping had a significant positive correlation with emotional exhaustion (r=0.403, p<0.001) and cynicism (r=0.372, p<0.001). Adaptive coping had a significant negative correlation with cynicism (r=-0.165, p=0.033) and a significant positive correlation with perception of personal accomplishment (r=0.417, p<0.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, there was no significant relationship between gender and burnout. However, maladaptive/dysfunctional coping had a positive correlation with emotional exhaustion and cynicism. On the other hand, adaptive coping had a negative correlation with cynicism and a positive correlation with perception of personal accomplishment.
AB - Purpose: First-year students are susceptible to experiencing burnout if the coping mechanism being used is inadequate; therefore, employing effective coping mechanisms could help students to minimize burnout. Coping mechanisms are divided into five groups: problem-focused, emotion-focused, dysfunctional coping, adaptive, and maladaptive coping. The burnout dimension includes emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased academic performance that may be influenced by gender. This study aims to elaborate on the relationship between gender and coping mechanisms with burnout events in first-year medical students. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using a total sample of first-year students from a medical school. Results: A total of 167 respondents (response rate 98.9%) completed a Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey. The results showed that there was no significant relationship between gender and burnout (p>0.05). On the contrary, maladaptive/dysfunctional coping had a significant positive correlation with emotional exhaustion (r=0.403, p<0.001) and cynicism (r=0.372, p<0.001). Adaptive coping had a significant negative correlation with cynicism (r=-0.165, p=0.033) and a significant positive correlation with perception of personal accomplishment (r=0.417, p<0.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, there was no significant relationship between gender and burnout. However, maladaptive/dysfunctional coping had a positive correlation with emotional exhaustion and cynicism. On the other hand, adaptive coping had a negative correlation with cynicism and a positive correlation with perception of personal accomplishment.
KW - Burnout
KW - Coping mechanism
KW - First-year students
KW - Sex
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084962025&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3946/kjme.2019.143
DO - 10.3946/kjme.2019.143
M3 - Article
C2 - 31813199
AN - SCOPUS:85084962025
VL - 31
SP - 331
EP - 342
JO - Korean journal of medical education
JF - Korean journal of medical education
SN - 2005-727X
IS - 4
ER -