Comparative analysis of resilience indicators depending on the type of locus of control in medical students
- Authors: Vishnyakova N.N.1, Loginova I.O.1, Malutkina E.P.1
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Affiliations:
- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 16, No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 473-492
- Section: Psychological Studies
- Published: 30.09.2025
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2658-4034/article/view/349049
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.12731/2658-4034-2025-16-4-907
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/SLDSTT
- ID: 349049
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Abstract
Background. Modern medical education is associated with a high level of stress, which requires medical students to have well-developed adaptive resources. Resilience, as an integral characteristic of personality, contributes to the successful overcoming of difficulties and the preservation of psychological health. An important factor influencing the formation of resilience is the locus of control, which determines a person's tendency to attribute responsibility for events to internal or external factors.
Purpose. To study the relationship between the level of resilience and the type of locus of control in medical students.
Materials and methods. The study involved 102 medical university students aged 18 to 25 years (mean age – 21.3±1.8 years). To identify traumatic events, a Semi-Structured Questionnaire for Traumatic Events (N.L. Bundalo) was used, allowing for an objective assessment of the presence and characteristics of traumatic events in the respondents' history. The Brief Resilience Scale (E.N. Osin, E.I. Rasskazova) was used to assess resilience. The locus of control was determined using the "Locus of Control" methodology (E.G. Ksenofontova).
Results. A comparative analysis of resilience indicators among respondents in groups with internal and external loci of control using the Mann-Whitney U test revealed statistically significant differences. Respondents with an internal locus of control exhibited higher resilience than those with an external locus. It was found that students with an internal locus of control demonstrate a more conscious attitude towards life compared to externals. They also show a higher level of all components of resilience – engagement, control, and risk acceptance. Correlation analysis revealed a positive statistically significant relationship between resilience and the internal and negative with the external type of locus of control. The identified patterns indicate the important role of the locus of control in adaptation processes. A promising direction seems to be the creation of differentiated programs aimed at developing an internal position as a basis for professional resilience in students of medical specialties.
About the authors
Nina N. Vishnyakova
Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: vishnina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6173-0638
Candidate of Psychology Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Pedagogy Department
Russian Federation, 1, Partizan Zheleznyak Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation
Irina O. Loginova
Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Email: loginova70_70@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9551-1457
Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Pedagogy Department
Russian Federation, 1, Partizan Zheleznyak Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation
Elena P. Malutkina
Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Email: malei59@mail.ru
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Pedagogy Department
Russian Federation, 1, Partizan Zheleznyak Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation
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