Worst Haley, Adams Katherine, Thompson Anne
Haley Worst is an associate professor at Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419 (
Katherine Adams is an assistant professor at University of North Georgia.
J Phys Ther Educ. 2024 Mar 1;38(1):25-32. doi: 10.1097/JTE.0000000000000317. Epub 2023 Nov 30.
Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students must meet high standards throughout their lives and careers, which can cause stress and anxiety, with potentially devastating impacts. This quantitative study examined whether and to what extent perfectionism, demographic characteristics, and coping strategies relate to state (situation-related) and trait (personality-related) anxiety in DPT students.
Existing literature demonstrates high anxiety levels in DPT students; also, maladaptive perfectionism is associated with higher levels of stress. The predictive relationship between coping, perfectionism, and anxiety in DPT students has not been assessed.
Convenience sample of DPT students in their first through third years across 8 different DPT programs (n = 206).
This paper was a cross-sectional, nonexperimental, multisite project. A hierarchical linear regression assessed the relationship between variables (demographics, coping, perfectionism, state anxiety, and trait anxiety).
Approximately 81.5% of the sample reported being not a perfectionist, 7.0% maladaptive perfectionists, and 11.5% adaptive perfectionists. Students using adaptive coping comprised 72.3% of the sample, whereas 28.0% used primarily maladaptive coping mechanisms. State Trait Anxiety Inventory scores were higher for this sample of DPT students when compared with published studies in the normal population. Significant predictor variables for state anxiety were sex, type of coping strategies used, and class year in the DPT program. For trait anxiety, sex, coping strategy type, maladaptive perfectionism, and class year were significant.
There is a predictive relationship between sex, type of coping strategies used, and year within the DPT program for both state and trait anxiety in DPT students. Presence of maladaptive perfectionism was an additional predictive variable for trait anxiety. This knowledge can help educational institutions better identify at-risk students for anxiety and tailor programs to better meet the individual needs of our students.
物理治疗博士（DPT）学生在其整个学习生涯和职业生涯中都必须达到高标准，这可能会导致压力和焦虑，并可能产生毁灭性影响。这项定量研究调查了完美主义、人口统计学特征和应对策略与DPT学生的状态（与情境相关）焦虑和特质（与性格相关）焦虑之间是否存在关联以及关联程度如何。
现有文献表明DPT学生的焦虑水平较高；此外，适应不良的完美主义与更高水平的压力相关。尚未评估DPT学生应对方式、完美主义和焦虑之间的预测关系。
来自8个不同DPT项目的一年级至三年级DPT学生的便利样本（n = 206）。
本文是一项横断面、非实验性、多地点项目。采用分层线性回归评估变量（人口统计学、应对方式、完美主义、状态焦虑和特质焦虑）之间的关系。
大约81.5%的样本报告称自己不是完美主义者，7.0%是适应不良的完美主义者，11.5%是适应性完美主义者。采用适应性应对方式的学生占样本的72.3%，而28.0%的学生主要采用适应不良的应对机制。与正常人群的已发表研究相比，该DPT学生样本的状态-特质焦虑量表得分更高。状态焦虑的显著预测变量是性别、所采用的应对策略类型以及DPT项目的年级。对于特质焦虑，性别、应对策略类型、适应不良的完美主义和年级是显著的。
DPT学生的状态焦虑和特质焦虑在性别、所采用的应对策略类型以及DPT项目内的年级之间存在预测关系。适应不良的完美主义的存在是特质焦虑的另一个预测变量。这些知识可以帮助教育机构更好地识别有焦虑风险的学生，并量身定制项目以更好地满足学生的个人需求。
