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Rogers, Mary E.; Creed, Peter A.; Searle, Judy; Nicholls, Serena L. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Medical trainees are at risk of psychological distress due to training workload demands. Dropping out of medicine has hidden and real costs to both the public and the individual. Using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this study assessed differences in stress and coping strategies between those serious and not serious about dropping out…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Medical Students, Coping, Medical Education
Mann, Leon; Hin, Tan Sik – 1979
The conflict theory of decision making was examined by testing a conflict model which differentiated among three basic coping patterns in response to decisional conflict, i.e., defensive avoidance, panic, and vigilance. Male college students (N=53) were administered two decisional problems, "The Changing Work Procedures Case" and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Conflict Resolution