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BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
卷 21, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02781-x
关键词
Career indecision; Medical students; Coping strategies; Psychological health
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71673301]
Medical students often encounter difficulties regarding lack of readiness when making career decisions. Career indecision is positively associated with psychological distress and negatively associated with problem-focused coping strategies. Promoting earlier career awareness and addressing psychological health are important in preventing career indecision among medical students.
BackgroundMedical students experience difficulties in the process of making decisions about their careers, which is referred to as career indecision. This study aimed to examine the difficulties in the career decision-making processes of medical students and to explore the association of coping strategies and psychological health with career indecision. The findings may provide a reference for designing interventions to advance satisfying career decisions for medical students.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of 359 medical students was conducted in 5 Chinese medical schools. Students completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire measuring their career indecision, coping strategies, and psychological health. Independent t-test, F-test, bivariate Pearson's correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis were applied to test the relation between career indecision and the associated factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS V.22 for Windows. A p-value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.ResultsDifficulties regarding lack of readiness frequently occurred in medical students when making career decisions, with the highest score of 2.480.58. Among all the associated factors in this study, career indecision was positively associated with psychological distress problem (=0.20, p<0.05). This study also proved that being at a higher level of career indecision is negatively associated with using problem-focused coping strategies (=-0.14, p<0.05). For the maladaptive coping strategies, applying dysfunctional coping strategies showed a significantly positive association with career indecision among medical students (=0.25, p<0.05).ConclusionsMedical students experienced difficulties regarding lack of readiness frequently when making career decisions. Both coping strategies and psychological health were associated with career indecision among medical students. To prevent career indecision, it is necessary to promote earlier career awareness to medical students. Specifically, psychological health should be addressed in career intervention programs for medical students. Additionally, when helping medical students to cope with career indecision, cognitive techniques that reduce the use of maladaptive coping strategies and enhance the use of adaptive coping strategies should be adopted.
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