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Evaluation of Life Satisfaction, Hopelessness Levels and Related Factors in Medical Students

HATİCE KÜÇÜKCERAN,NAZAN KARAOGLU,Kezban Elif Çayır,Kerime Merve Küçükşen,Yusuf Can Kuçur

  • NAZAN KARAOGLU: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN UNİVERSİTESİ
  • Kezban Elif Çayır: Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Kerime Merve Küçükşen: Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Yusuf Can Kuçur: Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  •  Year : 2024
  •  Vol : 4
  •  Issue : 1
  •  Page : 28-36
Aim: It was aimed to determine the levels of life satisfaction and hopelessness of medical faculty students and to reveal their effects on each other.
Materials and Methods: The data of the cross-sectional and descriptive study were collected by applying the Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS) and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) questionnaire to medical students studying in the 2021-2022 academic year.
Results: The mean age of 315 students participating in the study was 21.72±2.3 years and 57.8% (n=182) were female. The factors affecting hopelessness and life satisfaction were: the class they were studying in, their income, having daily activities, social relations, the culture they were born into, the effects of their family and religion they believe in, their satisfaction with the city they live in and their career choice, and their career plans after graduation. The SWLS score of the students in the preclinical years (14.98±4.0) was significantly higher than that of the students in the clinical years (13.12±3.8) (p=0.001). There was a strong negative correlation between life satisfaction and hopelessness score (r=-0.618; p<0.001).
Conclusion: In medical education, increasing hopelessness and decreasing life satisfaction as clinical years pass is remarkable. Dissatisfaction with the city of residence and the chosen career are two important factors that decrease students' life satisfaction and increase their hopelessness.
Cite this Article As : Küçükceran H, Karaoğlu N, Çayır KE, Küçükşen KM, Çukur YC. Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinde Yaşam Doyumu, Umutsuzluk Düzeyleri ve İlişkili Faktörlerin Değerlendirilmesi. Mev Med Sci. 2024; 4(1): 28-36

Conflict of interest : The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

This article is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Mevlana Tıp Bilimleri
2024, Vol4, Issue1
E-ISSN: 2757-976X
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