Research Article
Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum
Table 3
Coping strategies used by students.
| | No. | Coping strategy | Never | Sometimes | Often | Mostly | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | 1 | Concentrating efforts | 15 (4.3) | 137 (38.9) | 105 (29.8) | 95 (27) | | 2 | Think up strategy | 12 (3.3) | 85 (23.1) | 141 (38.3) | 130 (35.3) | | 3 | See things differently | 38 (10.5) | 106 (29.2) | 121 (33.3) | 98 (27) | | 4 | Accepting reality | 21 (5.8) | 112 (31.1) | 128 (35.6) | 99 (27.5) | | 5 | Making jokes | 110 (30.6) | 134 (37.3) | 68 (18.9) | 47 (13.1) | | 6 | Comfort in religion | 21 (5.8) | 95 (26.5) | 113 (31.5) | 130 (36.2) | | 7 | Support from others | 66 (18.3) | 142 (39.3) | 104 (28.8) | 49 (13.6) | | 8 | Advice from others | 62 (16.9) | 147 (40.2) | 91 (24.9) | 66 (18) | | 9 | Distracting by work | 65 (17.9) | 152 (41.9) | 82 (22.6) | 64 (17.6) | | 10 | Calling it unreal | 250 (68.5) | 82 (22.5) | 20 (5.5) | 13 (3.6) | | 11 | Saying things | 96 (26.4) | 171 (47) | 68 (18.7) | 29 (8) | | 12 | Using alcohol/drugs | 335 (91.8) | 16 (4.4) | 6 (1.6) | 8 (2.2) | | 13 | Giving up | 159 (43.8) | 140 (38.6) | 50 (13.8) | 14 (3.9) | | 14 | Self-criticizing | 78 (21.5) | 150 (41.4) | 70 (19.3) | 64 (17.7) | | 15 | Learning to live with it | 22 (6) | 163 (44.8) | 122 (33.5) | 57 (15.7) | | 16 | Taking action | 15 (4.1) | 106 (29.2) | 148 (40.8) | 94 (25.9) | | 17 | Thinking hard | 17 (4.7) | 95 (26.2) | 138 (38.1) | 112 (30.9) | | 18 | Looking for good in it | 20 (5.5) | 132 (36.4) | 131 (36.1) | 80 (22) | | 19 | Making fun of it | 118 (32.3) | 150 (41.1) | 59 (16.2) | 38 (10.4) | | 20 | Praying/meditating | 21 (5.8) | 123 (34.1) | 100 (27.7) | 117 (32.4) | | 21 | Comfort from others | 67 (18.6) | 159 (44) | 92 (25.5) | 43 (11.9) | | 22 | Help from others | 65 (18) | 163 (45) | 95 (26.2) | 39 (10.8) | | 23 | Distracting activity | 40 (10.9) | 122 (33.3) | 108 (29.5) | 96 (26.2) | | 24 | Denying it happened | 217 (59.3) | 115 (31.4) | 27 (7.4) | 7 (1.9) | | 25 | Expressing negative | 75 (20.8) | 208 (57.6) | 54 (15) | 24 (6.6) | | 26 | Using chemicals | 331 (91.2) | 22 (6.1) | 3 (0.8) | 7 (1.9) | | 27 | Giving up to cope | 165 (45.3) | 149 (40.9) | 40 (11) | 10 (2.7) | | 28 | Blaming oneself | 79 (21.6) | 147 (40.2) | 74 (20.2) | 66 (18) |
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