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Volume 6 Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior Psychiatry Neuro 2018
November 12-13, 2018
November 12-13, 2018 Dubai, UAE
30th International Conference on
&
Joint Meeting on
Psychiatry and Mental Health
25 th Cognitive Neuroscience Congress
Assertiveness, anxiety symptoms and psychological empowerment levels of the medical students and
their relationship with academic procrastination
Mustafa Afifi1,2, Lina Sameer3, Wali Mohamed, Dima Lotfie3, Emranur Rahman3, Aisha Afzal3, Syeda Nazneen3 and Rohma Malik 3
1Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University, UAE
2Jumeira University, UAE
Introduction&Objectives: Procrastination has its negative impact on the learning process as well as the academic achievement.
Our aim is to investigate the association of psychological empowerment, assertiveness and/or anxiety symptoms with academic
procrastination among medical students.
Methods: Our sample comprised of 99 MBBS students, of the total of students in RAK Medical University chosen randomly
based on their online responses to questionnaires sent to their e-mails. The sample answered a self- report questionnaire
including demographic data, the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS) developed and validated by McClosky 2012, the Rathus
Assertiveness Schedule (RAS), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) and the Psychological Empowerment
Scale (PES) constructed by Spreitzer.
Results: Around 73%of the sample were females, 74%non-Arabs and themean (SD) age was 20.13 (1.45).The mean (SD) scores
of the APS, RAS, GAD-7 and PES were 73.92 (19.46), -2.86 (24.64), 6.98 (5.42), 50.18 (9.14), respectively. There were no gender
and no nationality differences found for any of the aforementioned constructs. APS was significantly positively correlated
with GAD-7 (r= 0.255), significantly negatively correlated with RAS (r=-0.299), and significantly negatively correlated with
PES (r=-0.347) and three of its subscales (competence, self-determination and impact). In stepwise linear regression only PES
predicted APS (standardized Beta=-0.282) controlled for sex, age and nationality.
Conclusion: Improving the psychological empowerment of the medical students through coaching is recommended to change
their procrastination habits during the academic year.
Biography
Mustafa Afifi has completed MBChB, MMed, 3 PG Diplomas, a Doctorate in Public Health and a Masters in Medical Education. He has worked as a Consultant
for the Ministry of Health in Oman and UAE and worked as an Assistant Professor in RAK Medical University. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in
Jumeira University. He has many publications in gender issues, women health, adolescents health and non-communicable diseases and mental health.
Mustafa Afifi ., J Child Adolesc Behav 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494-C2-008