Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model
Dan Bao,1,2 Faridah Mydin,1 Shahlan Surat,1 Yanhong Lyu,3 Dongsheng Pan,4 Yahua Cheng5 1Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 3Department...
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| description | Dan Bao,1,2 Faridah Mydin,1 Shahlan Surat,1 Yanhong Lyu,3 Dongsheng Pan,4 Yahua Cheng5 1Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Government, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yahua Cheng, Tel +86 15924301140, Email chengyahua@shupl.edu.cnBackground: Improving academic engagement of medical postgraduates is crucial for enhancing the quality of learning and the development of medical education. Due to medical postgraduates face high levels of stress and rigorous demands, yet the mechanisms linking challenge-hindrance stressors to academic engagement in this context remain largely unexplored. This study aims to explore the comprehensive relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement among medical postgraduates in China.Methods: Data were collected from 437 medical postgraduates in China, to investigate their challenge-hindrance stressors, emotional exhaustion, learning, relaxation and academic engagement. Among these postgraduates, 40.3% were male and 59.7% were female, with the mean age of the participants being 25.71 years. Statistical procedures were conducted using Mplus 8.3, ensuring a robust analysis of the data collected.Results: Our study showed that both challenge and hindrance stressors are significantly positively correlated with emotional exhaustion among Chinese medical postgraduates, and emotional exhaustion is negatively associated with academic engagement. Emotional exhaustion mediates the relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement. Learning plays a protective role, moderating the challenge stressors and emotional exhaustion relationship and its indirect effect on academic engagement. However, relaxation was not identified as a significant moderating factor in this context.Conclusion: Our findings not only revealed emotional exhaustion as a potential mechanism underlying the relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement but also validated the moderating role of learning in mitigating the adverse effects of challenge stressors on emotional exhaustion and academic engagement among Chinese medical postgraduates. This comprehensive insight into the complex dynamics between different stressors and academic engagement provides both theoretical and empirical evidence for medical universities. It underscores the importance of interventions to enhance academic engagement in stressful environments and serves as a valuable reference for the development of reasonable assessment systems. These contributions are crucial for fostering a supportive educational atmosphere and promoting the well-being of medical postgraduates.Keywords: challenge-hindrance stressors, academic engagement, emotional exhaustion, recovery experiences, mastery (learning) & relaxation, medical postgraduates |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6be2f84f8c3d451fa9e7b919be6ec9b32024-03-14T17:13:25ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782024-03-01Volume 171115112891201Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation ModelBao DMydin FSurat SLyu YPan DCheng YDan Bao,1,2 Faridah Mydin,1 Shahlan Surat,1 Yanhong Lyu,3 Dongsheng Pan,4 Yahua Cheng5 1Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Government, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yahua Cheng, Tel +86 15924301140, Email chengyahua@shupl.edu.cnBackground: Improving academic engagement of medical postgraduates is crucial for enhancing the quality of learning and the development of medical education. Due to medical postgraduates face high levels of stress and rigorous demands, yet the mechanisms linking challenge-hindrance stressors to academic engagement in this context remain largely unexplored. This study aims to explore the comprehensive relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement among medical postgraduates in China.Methods: Data were collected from 437 medical postgraduates in China, to investigate their challenge-hindrance stressors, emotional exhaustion, learning, relaxation and academic engagement. Among these postgraduates, 40.3% were male and 59.7% were female, with the mean age of the participants being 25.71 years. Statistical procedures were conducted using Mplus 8.3, ensuring a robust analysis of the data collected.Results: Our study showed that both challenge and hindrance stressors are significantly positively correlated with emotional exhaustion among Chinese medical postgraduates, and emotional exhaustion is negatively associated with academic engagement. Emotional exhaustion mediates the relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement. Learning plays a protective role, moderating the challenge stressors and emotional exhaustion relationship and its indirect effect on academic engagement. However, relaxation was not identified as a significant moderating factor in this context.Conclusion: Our findings not only revealed emotional exhaustion as a potential mechanism underlying the relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and academic engagement but also validated the moderating role of learning in mitigating the adverse effects of challenge stressors on emotional exhaustion and academic engagement among Chinese medical postgraduates. This comprehensive insight into the complex dynamics between different stressors and academic engagement provides both theoretical and empirical evidence for medical universities. It underscores the importance of interventions to enhance academic engagement in stressful environments and serves as a valuable reference for the development of reasonable assessment systems. These contributions are crucial for fostering a supportive educational atmosphere and promoting the well-being of medical postgraduates.Keywords: challenge-hindrance stressors, academic engagement, emotional exhaustion, recovery experiences, mastery (learning) & relaxation, medical postgraduateshttps://www.dovepress.com/challenge-hindrance-stressors-and-academic-engagement-among-medical-po-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMchallenge-hindrance stressorsacademic engagementemotional exhaustionrecovery experiencesmastery (learning) & relaxationmedical postgraduates |
| spellingShingle | Bao D Mydin F Surat S Lyu Y Pan D Cheng Y Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model Psychology Research and Behavior Management challenge-hindrance stressors academic engagement emotional exhaustion recovery experiences mastery (learning) & relaxation medical postgraduates |
| title | Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full | Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_fullStr | Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_short | Challenge-Hindrance Stressors and Academic Engagement Among Medical Postgraduates in China: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_sort | challenge hindrance stressors and academic engagement among medical postgraduates in china a moderated mediation model |
| topic | challenge-hindrance stressors academic engagement emotional exhaustion recovery experiences mastery (learning) & relaxation medical postgraduates |
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