Ambiguity tolerance among medical students and its relationship with personality and participation in the mentoring program: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low ambiguity tolerance (AT) can lead to burnout and impact medical students' quality of life. Interventions are effective in increasing tolerance in ambiguous situations. Mentors can be facilitators in ambiguous situations. We aimed to determine the AT among Tehran University of medical sciences (TUMS) medical students and assess its relation with personality traits and mentor-seeking behavior.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was designed. We used Budner AT questionnaire and the Ten Item Personality Inventory in our study. Questionnaires were sent to 350 randomly selected TUMS medical students in different years of education. Two hundred six students completed the questionnaires. The response rate was 58.85%.

Results

The mean AT score was 59.77 among TUMS

SUBMITTER: Nakhostin-Ansari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature