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Curr Health Sci J, vol. 42, no. 4, 2016

Cognitive - Emotional Coping Strategies in First Year Romanian Medical Students

[Original Paper]

D. NECHITA(1), OTILIA ROGOVEANU(2), D.O. ALEXANDRU(3), FLORINA NECHITA(1)


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


Abstract:

We have studied the cognitive-emotional coping strategies to a number of 333 students in the first year of the Medicine and Pharmacy University of Craiova, from the Medicine, Pharmacy and Medical Nursing specializations, by using the CERQ (Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire). The result revealed that the medical students employ these strategies relatively different from the general population, while differences were recorded between this study and the previous research. It has been ascertained that, generally, the students from the different medical specializations use strategies belonging more to the dysfunctional range, such as: rumination, self-blame, catastrophizing.


Keywords: coping strategies, medical students, emotion regulation, nursing, pharmacy,medicine



Corresponding: D.O. Alexandru, Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares Street, Craiova, Romania; e-mail: d.alexandru@umfcv.ro


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.42.04.02 - Download PDF
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