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A Cross Sectional Study On Psychological Capital And Its Relation With Academic Adjustment Among Medical Students

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Background: Several students enter universities from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. It is a widespread notion that Medical Students experience extreme stress to perform academically, which predisposes them to various psychological issues. However, the psychological capital of a medical student and its direct relation to academics has been sufficiently under-researched. This study aims to provide a relation between psychological capital and academic adjustment among medical stu-dents to better understand the factors affected by their psychological status.Methods: We searched Google Scholar databases along with those from MedLine for original arti-cles finding any correlation between PsyCap and Academic Adjustment. One such article attempted to do so amongst University students. However, research which explicitly included medical stu-dents was a rarity.Results: The number of students eligible for the study was 229. The most number of students (60.7 out of 100 or 60.7%) scored between 50-65%, ie above the passing grade, while only 1.3 out of 100 (1.3%) scored below the passing grade of 50%. The sub scales of PsyCap positively correlated with one another, as did those of Academic Adjustment. However, a definitive correlation of the PsyCap sub scales was found to be only with the personal-emotional sub scale of the Academic Adjust-ment questionnaire.Conclusion: Strong bonds between medical students resulted in a better psychological capital as well as adjustment to their academic environment. PsyCap can be used as an effective tool to quali-tatively give an idea about the mental status of a medical student and how that would affect their attrition into university.

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