预备压力:检查预备学生是否与非预备学生相比经历了更多的学术压力
C Jynx Pigart1, Tasneem F Mohammed1, Theresa Acuña2
1Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Advances in physiology education
|January 17, 2025
概括
在预科生中,对更高的学术压力的感知是常见的,但实际的压力水平与非预科同龄人没有显著差异. 较低的GPA与离开前医学轨道相关.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 学生福利 学生福利
- 学术心理学 学术心理学
背景情况:
- 学术压力显著影响大学生的福祉和表现.
- 预医学 (预医学) 学生通常被认为比同龄人更容易经历更高的学术压力.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查本科生对学术压力的看法,预备和非预备学生之间的压力差异.
- 为了比较这两个群体之间的实际学术压力水平.
- 确定导致预科生学术压力的因素,以及离开预科生轨道的原因.
主要方法:
- 在美国一所大型大学调查了551名本科生.
- 利用描述性统计,奇方位和线性回归来分析数据.
- 检查了所感知和实际的学术压力,导致因素,以及轨道磨损的原因.
主要成果:
- 参与者绝大多数认为预科生有更高的学术压力.
- 在样本中,预科和非预科学生之间没有发现报告的学术压力的显著差异.
- 预期学生指出,医学院入学不足和保持高GPA是关键的压力因素.
- 较低的GPA与离开预医学课程有显著的关联 (P = 0.005).
- 由于更有趣的替代职业和心理健康问题,学生们离开了预医学课程.
结论:
- 大学支持系统应该解决被认为的,虽然在统计学上不显著,压力差异.
- 可能需要进行干预,以支持那些在竞争力和GPA维护方面扎的预科生.
- 大学应为考虑选择其他职业道路的学生或与学术压力相关的心理健康挑战的学生提供资源.
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