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. 2015 Sep;27(3):187-93.
doi: 10.3946/kjme.2015.27.3.187. Epub 2015 Aug 26.

[Relationships among emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress in medical students]

[Article in Korean]
Hyo Hyun Yoo  1 , Kwi Hwa Park  2
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[Relationships among emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress in medical students]

[Article in Korean]
Hyo Hyun Yoo et al. Korean J Med Educ. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the causal relationship between emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress.

Methods: Participants were 424 medical students from four medical schools in Korea. We examined their emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, coping efficacy, and academic stress using a t-test, an analysis of variance, correlational analysis, and path analysis.

Results: First- and second-year students scored higher on academic stress than did those from third- and fourth-year students. Further, coping efficacy mediated the relationships between emotional intelligence, ego-resilience, and academic stress. Academic stress was directly influenced by coping efficacy, and indirectly by emotional intelligence and ego-resilience. This showed that coping efficacy play an important role in academic stress.

Conclusion: Our findings may help medical schools design educational programs to improve coping efficacy in students, and to reduce their academic stress.

Keywords: Academic stress; Coping efficacy; Ego-resilience; Emotional intelligence.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.. The Research Model
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Fig. 2.. The Path Model of the Effects of the Variables (Alternative Model)
χ2(2)=1.66, p>0.05, χ2/df=0.83, CFI=0.99, TLI=0.98, RMSEA=0.04, Method of estimation=maximum likelihood, path values=standardized β coefficients.
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