Burnout en estudiantes de pregrado de medicina y su relación con variables de personalidad

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze the association between perceived self-efficacy, hardiness, locus of control, perceived stress and Burnout syndrome in 40 undergraduate medical students. The data analysis was performed considering descriptive statistics and multivariate exploratory techniques. The results show the relevance that may have the hardiness in the attenuation of chronic stress negatively associated with Burnout and grouped within components that explained more variation in the linear combination of variables compared to self-efficacy and locus of control. The need to strengthen the training of medical students through the establishment of resources Coping Stress and formation of a strong personality is confirmed as the data show high levels of perceived stress and Burnout six months of doing the internship.