title: [Negative and positive predictive relationships between coping strategies and the three dimensions of burnout among Hungarian medical students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Effective management and prevention of widespread burnout among medical students in Hungary require thorough understanding of its relations to coping strategies, which lacks sufficient data.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the prevalence of burnout and its relations to coping strategies among medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study with 292 participants. Burnout was assessed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey. Coping strategies were evaluated by the Folkman-Lazarus Ways of Coping Questionnaire and questions about health-maintenance behaviours. Associations between burnout and coping strategies were explored with linear regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of high-level burnout was 25-56%. Both problem-focused coping and support-seeking were protective factors of exhaustion and cynicism, however, they predicted reduced personal accomplishment. Emotion-focused coping predicted exhaustion and cynicism and correlated negatively with reduced personal accomplishment. Health-maintenance behaviours were protective factors for exhaustion and predicted reduced personal accomplishment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deployment of coping strategies that target the most prevalent burnout dimension may improve effective management of burnout.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Magatartástudományi Intézet Budapest Nagyvárad tér 4. 1089.
authors.forename: Szilvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ádám
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Magatartástudományi Intézet Budapest Nagyvárad tér 4. 1089.
authors.forename: Anikó
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nistor
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Magatartástudományi Intézet Budapest Nagyvárad tér 4. 1089.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nistor
authors.affiliation: Szent Imre Kórház Pszichiátria Budapest.
authors.forename: Anikó
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hazag
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D011340:Problem Solving; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: burnout; coping strategies; dohányzás; fizikai aktivitás; kiégés; medical students; megküzdési stratégiák; orvostanhallgatók; physical activity; smoking