ArticleScientific reports2026
Exploring the pathways between personality traits, alexithymia, and resilience among medical students and interns: a cross-sectional study in Egypt.
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- The mediating role of psychological resilience and coping styles among Chinese medical students in the relationship between perceived social support and learning engagement among medical students.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Resilience is essential for medical students, yet how personality traits are associated with resilience through alexithymia remains underexplored. This cross-sectional study, conducted from December 2023 to May 2024 using printed surveys and convenience sampling, included 598 participants (412 medical students and 186 interns). The survey included the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Pearson's correlation (r), multivariable linear regression, and path analysis were conducted to examine factors associated with resilience. Resilience was negatively correlated with neuroticism and alexithymia (r = -0.41 and -0.32, p < 0.001) and positively correlated with extraversion and conscientiousness (r = 0.29 and 0.36, p < 0.001). Regression identified neuroticism, externally-oriented thinking, agreeableness, and current psychiatric disorder as negative predictors (β = -0.32, -0.14, -0.10, and -0.45 respectively, p ≤ 0.012), while extraversion and conscientiousness were positive predictors (β = 0.14 and 0.24 respectively, p < 0.001). On path analysis, externally-oriented thinking provided a significant indirect statistical link in the associations of conscientiousness (β = 0.02, p = 0.019) and openness (β = 0.03, p = 0.010) with resilience. Addressing neuroticism and alexithymia subcomponents may enhance resilience and support student well-being.
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