Emotion regulation as a mediator between stress and burnout in dental postgraduate students: a South China cross-sectional study
Emotion regulation partially mediates the stress-burnout relationship, with social stress and cognitive reappraisal as key intervention targets. Stage-specific strategies and institutional reforms to reduce systemic stressors are essential for improving dental postgraduate well-being.
Authors
- Yarui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-3290)
- Xi Xiang
- Chun Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-6504)
- Si Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5696-6949)
- Lijing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1286-6250)
- Sujuan Zeng
- Yuhang Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9644-4487)
- Xuesong Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-9054)
- Wenyan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-3774)
- Xuguang Gao
- Lal Pathak Janak
Institutions
- Stomatology Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08262-9
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00