CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 42, no. 2, 2016

Behavioral Coping Strategies of First Year Students from the Romanian Medical Education System

[Original Paper]

D. NECHITA(1), D.O. ALEXANDRU(2), FLORINA NECHITA(1)


(1)Medical Education Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova,
(2)Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova


Abstract:

A number of 333 medical students from the faculties of General Medicine, Pharmacy and Medical Nursing took part in a study which aimed at ascertaining what behavioral coping strategies they use most frequently. By employing SACS (Strategic Approach to Coping Scale), it has been ascertained that the students at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy from Craiova function in a relatively different way from the general population and that they preponderantly use coping strategies which tend to be active and pro-social, such as: cautious action, social relating, assertive action and search for social support.


Keywords: coping strategies, medical students, behavioral coping, nursing, pharmacy, medicine



Corresponding: Dan Nechita, Medical Education Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Petru Rares St. No.2, Craiova 200349, Romania; e-mail: nechita.dan@gmail.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.42.02.03 - Download PDF
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