연세대학교 치과대학생의 회복탄력성과 지각하는 스트레스와의 연관성

Abstract

Purpose: Resilience is an individual’s tendency to cope with stress and adversity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the resilience and the degree of stress perceived by dental students and to find out the relationship between resilience and the degree of stress. Methods: The Korean Resilience Questionnaire (KRQ) was used to compare the resilience between 100 dental school students and 420 non-dental students of Yonsei University. In addition, Dental Environmental Stress (DES) questionnaire was used to measure the level of stress among dental students. The relationship between various factors of resilience and DES was statistically evaluated. Results: Dental students indicated significantly lower scores for ‘communication ability’ and ‘expansion of self’, but higher scores for ‘life satisfaction’ compared to the non-dental students (p<0.05). However, the overall resilience score was similar between the two groups. Higher scores for ‘life satisfaction’ and “empathy” and lower scores for ‘expansion of self’ and ‘self-optimism’ were associated with higher level of dental environmental stress among dental students. Conclusion: Certain differences in individual resilience were highly associated with the level of environmental stress among dental students. Precise evaluation of resilience and reinforcement of resilience through various educational programs may help to decrease the level of stress.