Effects of personality on the developmental trajectories of academic burnout among Korean medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students have a high risk of burnout from tremendous academic stress, and previous cross-sectional studies have explained this risk from the personality perspective. However, the relationship between complex personality profiles and developmental trajectory of burnout has not been delineated yet.

Methods

The longitudinal changes in burnout were measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) at baseline (1st week), mid-term (9th week), and end-term (17th week), and personality was examined at baseline using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Latent trajectory groups based on the MBI-SS total scores were extracted using the General Growth Mixture Model (GGMM), and significant differences in personality profiles among the latent

SUBMITTER: Chae H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666816 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature