Exploring the association of ego defense mechanisms with problematic internet use in a Pakistani medical school

Waqas, Ahmed; Rehman, Abdul; Malik, Aamenah; Aftab, Ramsha; Yar, Aroosa Allah; Yar, Arooj Allah; Sultan, Aitzaz Bin

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.021

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“…In the present study, Internet addiction was more common in females than that in males, which was inconsistent with the findings of other studies (2,8,14,33,34). Nonetheless, in a study performed by Gedam et al female dental students were more addicted to the Internet than their male counterparts (3) due to their greater number.…”

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The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Loneliness and Sleep Quality Among Students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

Najafi

Kermansaravi

Navidian

et al. 2018

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background: Internet abuse has had a growing trend among medical students. This practice incurs negative consequences on many aspects of an individual's life, including academic, professional, and communicative status as well as loneliness and sleep quality. These consequences have adverse effects on the quality of patient care and safety, as well as physical and mental health of students. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Internet addiction and loneliness, and sleep quality among students of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 216 students of Zahedan Nursing and Midwifery Faculty during year 2016. The study population was selected through the stratified random sampling technique. The data were collected using the demographic form, Young'

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confidence: 98%

The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Loneliness and Sleep Quality Among Students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

Najafi

Kermansaravi

Navidian

et al. 2018

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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“…The use of adjuvants also correlated positively, but weakly, with the intensity of applied neurotic and immature defense mechanisms (R-Spearman, respectively, 0.14 and 0.15) in both study groups, meaning that the students presenting less effective defense mechanisms tended to consume more adjuvants. This tendency, while weak, is consistent with a study showing that internet addiction among medical students correlates positively with less effective defense mechanisms [21].…”

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The assessment of stress level, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and defense mechanisms among Polish and English medical students

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Introduction: Medical education is proven to be associated with a high degree of psychological stress. Different coping strategies used by students have been investigated on their efficacy. So far, studies on medical students have been limited to a single population. Aim of the study: Our study aimed to identify differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress levels, and defense mechanisms among two groups of medical students, the Polish and English-speaking divisions. Materials and methods: The study included two groups of first-year medical students, the Polish and English-speaking divisions, comprising 305 participants (n = 204 Polish, n = 101 English, men = 127, women = 176). It was divided into two periods: the students received author questionnaires during an exam-free academic period and then completed the same questionnaires during an exam session. The survey contained questions pertaining to demographics and studying habits among participants and included the Defense Style Questionnaire and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. Data were analyzed using STATISTICA version 12.0, and p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Polish medical students presented with significantly increased overall stress levels (p = 0.007858) and depressive symptoms (p = 0.030420) compared to the English division students. Polish students also presented with more symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety during the exam period compared to the exam-free period (p = 0.000625), which did not apply to the English-speaking students. The English division students reached higher scores in the mature defense mechanisms section than the Polish students (p = 0.000001). The use of mature defense mechanisms correlated negatively with the intensity of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in both groups, while immature defense mechanisms promoted higher values of those variables (p = 0.000001). Conclusions: Our study showed significant and multidirectional differences between medical students of the Polish and English divisions attending the same university. Such results could suggest that strategies aimed at reducing depressive symptoms among medical students ought to be adapted towards the needs of a specific population.

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“…The generalizability of the results of this study are limited by its cross-sectional nature, potential recall bias and inclusion of participants at two Pakistani medical schools only. Although the data is 3.5 years old, it is still representative of the norms in present time [ 19 , 33 ].…”

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Exploring clusters of defense styles, psychiatric symptoms and academic achievements among medical students: a cross-sectional study in Pakistan

Waqas

Sattar²,

Aedma³

et al. 2018

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ObjectiveThe clusters of participants with a homogeneous psychological make-up can be identified using sophisticated machine learning techniques such as the two-step clustering algorithm. It can also help us to identify the synergistic and additive effects of a range of psychometric variables. The identification of synergistic effect of this clustering of defense mechanism has significant practical implications as they share a certain variance. This study aims to identify the clusters of ego defenses and their relationship with academic performance and mental health outcome in medical students.ResultsThe high achievers scored higher on mature and neurotic defense styles and lower on immature than their counter parts. A higher proportion of medical students in high achievers group had normal scores on depressive symptoms than low achievers. While a majority among low achievers suffered from severe anxiety levels than high achievers group. High achievers scored higher on sublimation, humor, anticipation, suppression, pseudo-altruism, idealization, reaction formation, autistic fantasy, denial, and rationalization.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3876-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Exploring the association of ego defense mechanisms with problematic internet use in a Pakistani medical school

Cited by 20 publications

References 45 publications

The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Loneliness and Sleep Quality Among Students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Loneliness and Sleep Quality Among Students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

The assessment of stress level, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and defense mechanisms among Polish and English medical students

Exploring clusters of defense styles, psychiatric symptoms and academic achievements among medical students: a cross-sectional study in Pakistan

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