PMID- 36474539
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1394-195X (Print)
IS  - 2180-4303 (Electronic)
IS  - 1394-195X (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 5
DP  - 2022 Oct
TI  - Adult Personality and Its Relationship with Stress Level, Coping Mechanism and 
      Academic Performance among Undergraduate Nursing Students.
PG  - 117-125
LID - 10.21315/mjms2022.29.5.12 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Stress related to nursing education and clinical placement encounters 
      by students since the beginning of their nursing course has been an issue of 
      concern. This study aims to examine the prevalence of adult personality traits 
      and their relationship with stress levels, coping mechanisms and academic 
      performance among nursing students. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was 
      conducted among 92 nursing students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The 
      Big Five Inventory (BFI), Student Nurse Stress Index and Brief COPE instruments 
      were used to measure the respondents' personality traits, stress level and coping 
      mechanisms, respectively. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 26. RESULTS: 
      The most prevalent personality trait of the students was openness (mean = 33.58). 
      Conscientiousness (r = -0.226, P = 0.030) and neuroticism (r = 0.326, P = 0.002) 
      are significantly related to stress level. Extraversion (r = 0.219, P = 0.036), 
      conscientiousness (r = 0.206, P = 0.049) and openness (r = 0.219, P = 0.036) show 
      significant relationships with the approach coping mechanism, while agreeableness 
      (r = -0.257, P = 0.013) and neuroticism (r = 0.297, P = 0.004) show significant 
      relationships with the avoidant coping mechanism. However, no significant 
      relationship was noted between personality traits and academic performance (r = 
      1.000, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Knowledge of ones' personality traits may benefit 
      students in understanding themselves and in using the best ways to cope with 
      their stress while studying nursing.
CI  - (c) Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2022.
FAU - Mohamed, Zainah
AU  - Mohamed Z
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Jit Singh, Gurbinder Kaur
AU  - Jit Singh GK
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Dediwadon, Nurulain Shafiqah
AU  - Dediwadon NS
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Mohamad Saleh, Nurul Akma
AU  - Mohamad Saleh NA
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Jupri, Nazzatul Nabilah
AU  - Jupri NN
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Ganesan, Yashnavee
AU  - Ganesan Y
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221028
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Malays J Med Sci
JT  - The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
JID - 101126308
PMC - PMC9680997
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - academic performance
OT  - adaptation
OT  - nursing
OT  - personality
OT  - psychological
OT  - students
COIS- Conflict of Interest None.
EDAT- 2022/12/08 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/08 06:01
PMCR- 2022/10/01
CRDT- 2022/12/07 02:04
PHST- 2021/10/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/07 02:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/12/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/08 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 12mjms2905_oa [pii]
AID - 10.21315/mjms2022.29.5.12 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Malays J Med Sci. 2022 Oct;29(5):117-125. doi: 10.21315/mjms2022.29.5.12. Epub 
      2022 Oct 28.