The Relationship of Personality Traits, Demographic Factors, and Current Substance/Medication Use with Academic Burnout among Medical Students: The Moderating Role of Physical Activity

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1 General Practitioner, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

2 General Practitioner, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

3 General Practitioner, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Background: The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between personality traits, demographic factors, current substance/medication use, and physical activity with academic burnout among medical students, and examine the moderating role of physical activity in the association between personality traits and academic burnout.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, implemented in Zahedan city in 2018, a total of 400 medical students from the four stages of basic sciences, physiopathology, stagership, and internship were selected by quota sampling method and evaluated using demographic information form, Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire, Temperament and Character Inventory, and Breso’s Academic Burnout Questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical tests (including Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis).
Findings: 156 men and 244 women participated in this study. The overall frequency of current substance/medication use and academic burnout were reported to be 27.5 and 25.8 percent, respectively. The obtained results showed that physical activity, persistence, and cooperativeness negatively correlated with academic burnout, while years in medical school, substance/medication use, and novelty seeking positively related to academic burnout. Regression analysis further revealed a moderating effect of physical activity on the relationship between novelty seeking and academic burnout.
Conclusion: It seems that addressing factors such as personality differences, years in medical school, current substance/medications use, and orientation towards regular physical activities could significantly impact the levels of burnout among medical students’.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 41, Issue 720
4th Week,July
July and August 2023
Pages 382-393

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  • Receive Date: 17 February 2023
  • Revise Date: 01 June 2023
  • Accept Date: 03 June 2023

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