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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Personality Traits and Mental Health among Lebanese Medical Students: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence.

Elsa Sfeir, Radwan El Othman, Muna Barakat, Souheil Hallit, Sahar Obeid

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elsa SfeirSchool of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh P.O. Box 446, Lebanon.
Radwan El OthmanSchool of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh P.O. Box 446, Lebanon.
Muna BarakatDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-7966-1172
Souheil HallitSchool of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh P.O. Box 446, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-6918-5689
Sahar ObeidSocial and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Jbeil 1401, Lebanon.
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik · LBApplied Science Private University · JOLebanese American University · LB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical students face daily challenges such as large workload, time commitment and clinical environment pressure leading to a higher risk of psychological distress. The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between personality traits and depression, anxiety, and stress among Lebanese medical students and to evaluate the mediating role of emotional intelligence (EI) in this association. This cross-sectional study was conducted between June and December of 2019. Participants were from seven medical schools in Lebanon. Higher extraversion (B = -0.11), higher neuroticism (B = -0.28) and higher emotional intelligence (B = -0.03) were significantly associated with lower depression. Higher neuroticism (B = -0.29) and higher emotional intelligence (B = -0.03) were significantly associated with lower anxiety. Higher openness to experience (B = 0.07) and higher agreeableness (B = 0.08) were significantly associated with higher stress, whereas higher neuroticism (B = -0.05) was associated with lower stress. EI mediated the association between extraversion and depression and openness to experience and depression. EI mediated the association between extraversion and anxiety and openness to experience and anxiety. The results of this study were different from those previously cited in the literature. This could be secondary to the mediating role of emotional intelligence. This study consequently opens up the possibility of new studies highlighting the role of emotional intelligence in the possible preservation of medical students' mental health.

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agreeablenessanxietyconscientiousnessdepressionemotional intelligenceextraversionmedical studentsneuroticismopenness to experiencepersonality traitsstress

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PMCPMC9778120
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