Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum

Table 4

Coping strategies (28 Items): rotated orthogonal matrix factor loading.

No.	Coping strategy	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Eigenvalue	2.71	2.49	2.31	1.96	1.88	1.87	1.87	1.86	1.56
	% of variance	9.69	8.91	8.25	6.99	6.70	6.67	6.68	6.63	5.56
7	Support from others	.709
8	Advice from others	.774
21	Comfort from others	.783
22	Help from others	.861
1	Concentrating efforts		.726
2	Think up strategy		.729
16	Taking action		.714
17	Thinking hard		.647
14	Self-criticizing			.775
25	Expressing negative			.580
27	Giving up to cope			.524
28	Blaming self			.709
13	Giving up			.520	.435
10	Calling it unreal				.821
24	Denying it happened				.831
3	See things differently					.470
4	Accepting reality					.649
15	Learning to live with					.781
18	Looking for good in					.461
12	Using alcohol/drugs						.906
26	Using chemicals						.906
5	Making jokes							.905
19	Making fun of it							.906
6	Comfort in religion								.864
20	Praying/Meditating								.828
9	Distracting by work									.867
23	Distracting activity									.768

KMO sampling adequacy 0.715, Bartlett Chi-Sq. = 2541.7, and value < 0.001. The coping strategies could be grouped into nine themes: being self-critical, denial, distracting oneself, humoring it, solace in religion, use of chemicals, acceptance, making personal effort, and seeking support from others.