Mediating Effects of Coping on Stress and Health Outcomes in Undergraduate Medical Students

Abstract: Background of the problem: Coping were mediators in the relationship between perceived stress and Health outcomes. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the mediating effect of coping on the relationship between stress and health outcomes. Methods: Total 735 medical students from different medical college in were selected for data analysis of the study. For measure the level of stress, Gadzella's (1991) Students-life Stress Inventory (SSI) was used. In assessing the Health outcomes, the Medical Outcome Study: Short-form 36 (MOS SF-36) that was developed by Ware, Snow, Kosinski, Gandek (1993) was used and The Ways of Coping-Revised (WOC-R) Scale was used to measure coping of the students. Results: The result reveals that Health outcome was not regressed on the predictor Academic stress and Academic stress was not significantly associated with Health outcome. Conclusion: Mediation effect of coping variables, health outcomes was not regressed on ways of coping and academic stress.