dc.contributor.author | Rogers, Mary E | |
dc.contributor.author | Creed, Peter A | |
dc.contributor.author | Searle, Judy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:29:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:29:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-08-19T21:24:54Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0191-8869 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/46351 | |
dc.description.abstract | Medical students are exposed to demanding academic workloads and are often under considerable psychological strain. This study examined important person and environmental variables that might predict their psychological well-being. Participants were 755 students in years 2-6 from 11 Australian medical schools. A web-based survey assessed well-being, personality, professional expectations, lifestyle expectations, barriers, academic stress, and debt. A hierarchical regression analysis demonstrated that extraversion, conscientiousness, professional expectations, and lifestyle expectations were positively associated with well-being, while academic stress, which was the strongest predictor, neuroticism, and concern about debt were negatively associated. Medical students who displayed a disposition that was outgoing, conscientious, and stable, who were less stressed about their academic workload and their level of debt, and who held higher expectations for their future professional career, and expectations of a balanced lifestyle, had better well-being. Medical educators should be aware of these factors and provide support and strategies that promote well-being to students during medical training. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 172379 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 472 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 477 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Personality and Individual Differences | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 52 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Cognitive and computational psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biological psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Social and personality psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 520104 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 5204 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 5202 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 5205 | |
dc.title | Person and environmental factors associated with well-being in medical students | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2011 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Rogers, Mary E. | |
gro.griffith.author | Creed, Peter A. | |