Psychological distress, social media use, and academic performance of medical students: the mediating role of coping style
The findings suggest that medical students commonly use social media as a maladaptive coping tool to deal with psychological distress. Empowering students to adopt and foster appropriate coping strategies could help them to enhance resilience against life stresses and ameliorate potential long-term mental health consequences associated with maladaptive behaviors.
Authors
- Ashrafalsadat Roshanfekr
- Mark Damian Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524)
- Ramin Shiraly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-0106)
- Abdolrahim Asadollahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-5641)
Institutions
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05988-w
- Citations
- 23
- Primary Topic
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.70