Anxiety in Medical Students: In Terms of the Influence of Efficacy Aspects and Emotional Intelligence

Resti Rahmadika Akbar; Yovanca Putri  Prananda; Debie Anggraini; Insil Pendri Hariyani

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2023.11452

Authors

Resti Rahmadika Akbar Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-5339
Yovanca Putri Prananda Undergraduate Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang, Indonesia
Debie Anggraini Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang, Indonesia
Insil Pendri Hariyani Department of Forensic and Medicolegal, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.11452

Keywords:

efficacy aspect, anxiety, emotional intelligence, medical students

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anxiety is a condition, especially for students who have just entered the lecture period. Students usually feel anxious, especially medical students. Learning for students is assessed from several aspects, such as affective aspects and emotional intelligence. Efficacy aspects are aspects related to a person’s attitudes and behavior, while emotions are the ability to manage feelings in this case being able to motivate yourself.

AIM: The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between efficacy aspects and emotional intelligence with anxiety for 1st-year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang.

METHODS: The design of this study was cross-sectional with a correlation analytic approach. The research population is students of the faculty of medicine with 135 samples using the total sampling technique. Univariate data analysis is presented in the form of frequency distribution and percentage and bivariate analysis using Pearson test and data processing using SPSS version 16.0 computerized program.

RESULTS: The results of this study show that there is no relationship between anxiety and efficacy aspects with a positive and no significant value, r = 0.3 p = 0.09 and there is a significant relationship between anxiety and emotional intelligence, and a p-value of (0.04), a positive correlation with a Pearson’s strength value of r = 0.7. In the efficacy aspect, the highest category was 92 people (68.1%), the most emotional intelligence was moderate, namely, 86 people (63.7%), and the most anxiety was in the normal category, namely, 116 people (85.9%).

CONCLUSION: There is a significant relationship between anxiety and emotional intelligence with a strong correlation, and there is no significant relationship between anxiety and efficacy aspect.

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Author Biography

Debie Anggraini, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Baiturrahmah, Padang, Indonesia

Clinical Pathology

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