The Gender-Related Impact of a Violence Management Training Program on Medical School Students—Preliminary Results

Jakub Lickiewicz, Paweł Jagielski, Patricia Paulsen Hughes and Marta Makara-Studzińska
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Jakub Lickiewicz: Department of Health Psychology, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Paweł Jagielski: Department of Nutrition and Drug Research, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Patricia Paulsen Hughes: College of Education, Health, and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Marta Makara-Studzińska: Department of Health Psychology, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-9

Abstract: Phenomenon: Patient aggression directed toward medical personnel, including medical school students during their internships, is an increasingly important issue. To minimize this phenomenon, violence management training programs were carried out. Approach: To assess the efficacy of a violence management training program among medical school students and evaluate changes in the perception of aggressive behavior in relation to the participants’ sense of self-efficacy and self-confidence by sex. A quasi-experimental examination of medical school students was performed before and after completion of a training program. Two hundred seventy-six students, including students of medicine, nursing, emergency medical services, and physiotherapy, participated in the study. Three standardized questionnaires were used: The Perception of Aggression Scale (POAS), the Hope for Success Questionnaire (HSQ), and the General Self -Efficacy Scale (GSES). Findings: The training program had a positive impact on the sense of self-efficacy in both men and women. However, the perception of aggressive behavior changed only in women and the impact of such intervention was higher for women. Further studies should look at the long-term outcomes.

Keywords: violence; aggression; intervention; violence management training; student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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