The status of e-learning, personality traits, and coping styles among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Huan Peng¹  Na Li¹  Meng Li²  Xiaoxiao Mei³  Zhengcheng Yun⁴  Zhu Liu⁵  Hanjiao Liu⁵  Yang Zhang⁵  Li Ba⁵  Junfan Wei⁵ 

[1] Nursing College of Fujian, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China;Nursing Department of The Third People's Hospital of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China;School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China;The Seventh Clinical Medicine College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China;

关键词: e-learning;    coping styles;    personality traits;    medical students;    COVID-19 pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1239583

 received in 2023-06-13, accepted in 2023-09-04,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to explore the learning preferences and habits of medical students during the pandemic home e-learning, and to investigate the incidence of adverse emotions, optimistic character level and coping style. To explore the influencing factors of adverse emotions.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in China from March to June 2022. Medical students were recruited from three universities in China, and a questionnaire survey was conducted. The questionnaires consisted of a “e-learning preferences and habits questionnaire”, life orientation test questionnaire (LOT-R), and simple coping style questionnaire (SCSQ). Finally, a total of 492 medical students who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria became the research subjects and completed the survey.ResultsA total of 57.7% believed they experienced no adverse emotions during home e-learning. ① During the COVID-19 pandemic, the score of optimistic personality of medical students was (7.25 ± 1.933), and the score of pessimistic personality was (5.82 ± 2.240). The score of positive coping was (21.75 ± 5.379), and the score of negative coping was (11.75 ± 3.611). ② The occurrence of medical students' adverse emotions during e-learning was influenced by “Whether there is a private, quiet space to study”, “Degree of knowledge mastery”, “Physical discomfort or not”, “Keep a regular schedule or not”, “Optimistic personality tendency”.ConclusionThis study demonstrates the during home e-learning, most medical students have their own learning equipment and can meet their learning needs. Their favorite mobile device to use is a mobile phone, and their favorite method of teaching is to provide course playback. More than half of medical students believe that they have some inconvenience in conducting research during home e-learning. With regard to teacher's real-time screen, the largest number of medical students support teachers turning on live screens so that they feel like they are interacting with the teacher. The preference for blended teaching is highest among medical students. In general, medical students were highly adaptive of the newest e-learning approach. Based on the statistic analysis, the factors that “Whether there is a private, quiet space to study”, “Degree of knowledge mastery”, “Physical discomfort or not”, “Keep a regular schedule or not”, and “Optimistic personality tendency” may be the influencing factors for the occurrence of adverse emotions.

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