The Correlation between Medical Students' Anxiety and Coping Style in the CET-4

Abstract

Objective: To assess the correlation between the medical students’ CET-4 test anxiety and copying style. Methods: 1. We extracted 300 subjects in Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with random sampling. The Chinese version of the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) was used to assess anxiety, and the Copying Style Questionnaire (CSQ) was used to assess the copying style. 2. All the data was analyzed by SPSS (version 19.0). Results: The difference of anxiety level between genders and native place were significant (P<0.05), and the difference between genders were significant (P<0.01). Conclusions: About 40% medical students developed CET-4 anxiety before CET-4; Native place is the important factor of the remarkable correlation between CET-4 anxiety and rationalization; Gender, native place are the important factors of remarkable correlation between CET-4 anxiety and retreat, gender is the important factor of remarkable correlation between CET-4 anxiety and seeking help.