Alabduljabbar Abeer, Almana Lyan, Almansour Alanoud, Alshunaifi Aljoharah, Alobaid Nada, Alothaim Norah, Shaik Shaffi Ahamed
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
SABIC Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair (SPHRAC), Psychiatry Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 11;13:794700. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.794700. eCollection 2022.
Fear of failure (FoF) is described as a "dispositional tendency to avoid failure in achievement settings." It may potentially and adversely affect students' ability to perform well in their educational activities.
To measure FoF among medical students at King Saud University, FoF between men and women, academic levels, grade point average (GPA), and other factors among medical students were compared.
A cross-sectional observational study was carried out using a stratified random sampling method. A total of 455 medical students completed "the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory" during the academic year 2019-2020 at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The results showed that the mean of FoF was -0.3117. Moreover, higher levels of fear of devaluing one's self-estimate were seen in women, and higher levels of fear of important others losing interest were seen in men. A significant relation was seen between different academic levels and fear of shame and embarrassment, fear of upsetting important others, as well as FoF. Higher levels of FoF were seen in those who had a GPA below 3.5 and a GPA greater than 4.9. Also, it was high in students who were not interested in studying medicine. The Cronbach's α value of 0.93 of all items indicates good internal consistency, and the factor analysis confirms five items of an instrument.
The overall level of FoF was low among medical students at King Saud University. However, the domains and levels of FoF differed significantly according to gender, academic level, GPA, and interest in studying medicine.
害怕失败（FoF）被描述为“在成就情境中避免失败的一种性格倾向”。它可能会对学生在教育活动中的良好表现产生潜在的不利影响。
测量沙特国王大学医学院学生的害怕失败程度，比较医学院学生中男女之间、不同学术水平、平均绩点（GPA）以及其他因素的害怕失败情况。
采用分层随机抽样方法进行横断面观察性研究。2019 - 2020学年，沙特阿拉伯利雅得的沙特国王大学共有455名医学生完成了“绩效失败评估量表”。
结果显示，害怕失败的平均得分是 - 0.3117。此外，女性中对贬低自我评估的恐惧程度更高，男性中对重要他人失去兴趣的恐惧程度更高。不同学术水平与对羞耻和尴尬的恐惧、对惹恼重要他人的恐惧以及害怕失败之间存在显著关系。平均绩点低于3.5和高于4.9的学生中害怕失败的程度更高。对学习医学不感兴趣的学生中害怕失败的程度也较高。所有项目的Cronbach's α值为0.93，表明内部一致性良好，因子分析确认了该量表的五个项目。
沙特国王大学医学院学生的总体害怕失败水平较低。然而，害怕失败的领域和程度因性别、学术水平、平均绩点和对学习医学的兴趣而有显著差异。
