|
Stress source
|
High (%)
|
Some (%)
|
Not at all (%)
|
|---|
|
Academic factors
|
|
Exam frequency
|
275 (44.57%)
|
250 (40.51%)
|
92 (14.91%)
|
|
Fear of failure
|
321 (52.02%)
|
207 (33.54%)
|
89 (14.42%)
|
|
High self-expectation
|
219 (35.49%)
|
284 (46.02%)
|
114(18.47%)
|
|
Competition with peers
|
145 (23.50%)
|
258 (41.81%)
|
214 (34.68%)
|
|
Tight schedule
|
216 (35.00%)
|
296 (47.97%)
|
105 (17.01%)
|
|
Heavy workload
|
361 (58.50%)
|
196 (31.76%)
|
60 (9.72%)
|
|
Time pressure
|
371 (60.12%)
|
183 (29.65%)
|
63 (10.21%)
|
|
Attendance
|
231 (37.43%)
|
196 (31.76%)
|
190 (30.79%)
|
|
Psychosocial factors
|
|
Poor motivation
|
192 (31.11%)
|
267 (43.27%)
|
158 (25.60%)
|
|
Financial problems
|
53 (8.58%)
|
184 (29.82%)
|
380 (61.58%)
|
|
Family problems
|
69 (11.18%)
|
154 (24.59%)
|
394 (63.85%)
|
|
Lack of family support
|
72 (11.66%)
|
139 (22.52%)
|
406 (65.80%)
|
|
High parental expectation
|
205 (33.22%)
|
231 (37.43%)
|
181 (29.33%)
|
|
Relationship with opposite sex
|
82 (13.29%)
|
164 (26.58%)
|
371 (60.12%)
|
|
Study away from home
|
153 (24.79%)
|
158 (25.60%)
|
306 (49.59%)
|
|
Loneliness
|
164 (26.58%)
|
185 (29.98%)
|
268 (43.43%)
|
|
Teaching-related factors
|
|
Poor teaching skills
|
183 (29.65%)
|
306 (49.59%)
|
128 (20.74%)
|
|
Poor teacher support
|
204 (33.06%)
|
301 (48.78%)
|
112 (18.15%)
|
|
Difficulty understanding lectures
|
183 (29.65%)
|
298 (48.29%)
|
136 (22.04%)
|
- Table 2 show academic, psychosocial, and teaching-related factors have a lot, some, or no effect on medical students. Only effects of high level of stress-related symptoms were included in chronological order. For instance, factors associated with academic section that scored high were time pressure (60.3%), heavy workload (58.7%), and fear of failure 52.2%). Importantly, psychosocial and teaching-related factors were all scored less than 34%
