일개 의과대학생의 재학 시기에 따른 학업성취도에 영향을 미치는 심리적 요인

Abstract

Objectives：The purpose of this study was to assess the psychological factors affecting students' academic performance in a medical school divided into three periods of medical education. Methods：Mental health of premedical and medical students of one university was surveyed in June 2013. Four hundred and five students responded to the sociodemographic, personal health behavior questionnaires and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2(MMPI-2). We divided students into three groups : Group 1 consisted of first and second year premedical students ; group 2, first and second year medical students ; group 3, third and fourth year medical students. Then, we compared these data with students' final grades of the pertinent year. Results：As a result, female students showed higher academic achievement than male students did, and the neuroticism scale predicted lower academic achievement in all three groups. The schizophrenia scale in groups 1 and 2, and the hysteria scale in group 3 predicted lower academic achievement, however, the introversion scale in group 3 predicted higher academic achievement. Conclusion：Academic achievement was significantly affected by gender, motivation, and neuroticism. In clinical training periods, particularly, the stability of social relationship and introversion were found to affect better academic achievements.