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van der Merwe LJ, Botha A, Joubert G. Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State. S Afr J Psychiatr. 2020;26:1471doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471.
van der Merwe, L. J., Botha, A., & Joubert, G. (2020). Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State. The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa, 261471. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471
van der Merwe, Lynette J, et al. "Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State." The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa vol. 26 (2020): 1471. doi: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471
van der Merwe LJ, Botha A, Joubert G. Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State. S Afr J Psychiatr. 2020 Jul 28;26:1471. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32832128; PMCID: PMC7433285.
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S Afr J Psychiatr. 2020 Jul 28;26:1471. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471. eCollection 2020.

Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State.

The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa

Lynette J van der Merwe, Anja Botha, Gina Joubert

Affiliations

  1. Undergraduate Medical Programme Management, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  2. School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  3. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

PMID: 32832128 PMCID: PMC7433285 DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1471

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Medical studies place students at risk for burnout. Resilience enables students to cope with adversity. Students' coping skills will ensure the well-being of future healthcare professisonals.

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated resilience and coping among undergraduate medical students.

SETTING: Undergraduate students at the University of the Free State medical school.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed. Quantitative data regarding resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), coping strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire) and relevant information were collected by means of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire.

RESULTS: Five hundred students (pre-clinical

CONCLUSION: Associations between resilience scores and year of study, gender, ethnicity, levels and type of stress varied. Academic pressure was a major source of stress. Adaptive coping strategies were associated with higher resilience scores.

© 2020. The Authors.

Keywords: burnout; coping skills; medical studies; resilience; stress factors

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.

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