Amir Akbari Esfahani, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Behrooz Dolatshahi
Structural relations of illness perception, fatigue, locus of control, self-efficacy, and coping strategies in patients with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study
BMC public health
medicine incredibly demanding career appears leave many medical students risk fatigue anxiety depression burnout since adaptation lifestyle changes important quality life qol students medical school could impaired personality traits emotional intelligence ei facets may linked medical students qol knowledge studies done concurrent prospective relationship qolrelated personality traits ei lebanese medical students study aimed investigate role ei mediator personality traits qol among sample lebanese medical students research descriptive crosssectional survey study involving 293 lebanese medical students recruited 7 faculties medicine lebanon junedecember 2019 structural equation modeling sem performed using spss amos v24 examine structural relationship personality trait taken independent variables qol dependent variable emotional intelligence mediator among university students relative chisquare 2df root mean square error approximation rmsea statistic tucker lewis index tfi comparative fit index cfi used evaluate goodnessoffit model higher conscientiousness significantly associated ei beta 038 p 0001 lower qol beta 014 p 0025 indirect relationships conscientiousness ei qol showed ei mediated association conscientiousness qol beta 017 95 ci 073 0004 p 0037 fit indices model adequate 2df rmsea cfi tli higher openness experience significantly associated ei beta 048 p 0001 lower qol beta 038 p 0001 indirect relationships openness experience ei qol showed ei mediated association openness experience qol beta 030 95 ci 111 003 p 004 fit indices adequate 2df cfi rmsea tli ei mediate association three personality traits extroversion agreeableness neuroticism qol current research shed considerable light nexus associations ei personality traits wellbeing nonetheless led creation puzzling questions whole seems ei components used evaluation instrument relates lebanese medical students personality profile means future training improve quality life medical education