Correlation of Sf-36 Sub-Scales and Indices of Stress-Coping Behavior in Students of Northern Medical Institution

We have analyzed relationships between stress-coping behavior styles and subjective well-being of the first year students of the Medical Faculty of the Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, 57 girls and 22 boys. We did a statistical analysis with Statistica 8.0 for Windows in view of sign normal distribution. The boys had better results according to the sub-scales Physical Functionality (PF), Vitality (VT) and Mental Health (MH). The girls used the sub-style Diversion more often. For the girls, there was a bigger number of statistically significant correlations between the sub-scales of the SF-36 questionnaire and the stress-coping behavior. According to the scales of physical components, there have been found significant correlations in the girls according to the sub-scale General Health (GH), and in the boys - according to the sub-scale Physical Role Functioning (RP). The use of the emotionally focused stress-coping styles in both groups was combined with a decrease in the values of the individual sub-scales of the SF-36 questionnaire. On the contrary, the choice of the problem-oriented and avoidance-oriented coping styles and its sub-styles was combined with their increase

Correlation · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Perceived Stress Scale · Psychiatry · Vitality · Clinical Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Human Health and Disease · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education