A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students
Abstract General practice students are faced with greater stress and poorer career prospects than other medical students. Self-leadership has an important impact on their coping styles. However, understanding these relationships is complicated by the fact that six types of self-leadership strategies...
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| description | Abstract General practice students are faced with greater stress and poorer career prospects than other medical students. Self-leadership has an important impact on their coping styles. However, understanding these relationships is complicated by the fact that six types of self-leadership strategies can be combined in various ways based on their levels and shapes. Latent profile analysis, a person-centered method, has helped in addressing these complexities. This study aimed to explore the different profiles of self-leadership among general practice students and differences between different self-leadership profiles and coping styles. A total of 336 general practice students from China were investigated via a self-leadership scale and coping styles scale. Mplus 8.0 was used for latent profile analysis, and BCH was used for subsequent analysis. We identified four profiles of self-leadership: low, medium, medium-high and high. We also found that these self-leadership profiles differentially predicted general practice students’ coping styles. Our findings offer a theoretical basis for targeted interventions aimed at enhancing self-leadership in general practice students, thereby reducing stress and improving coping mechanisms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8efcbf991f994f3dba04aaa5fdf6caaa2025-08-20T04:01:49ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-0115111010.1038/s41598-025-02524-8A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice studentsNa Zhang0Xiaoyu Ren1Zhen Xu2School of Business, Beijing Information Science and Technology UniversitySchool of Business, Beijing Information Science and Technology UniversitySchool of Medicine, Hebei University of EngineeringAbstract General practice students are faced with greater stress and poorer career prospects than other medical students. Self-leadership has an important impact on their coping styles. However, understanding these relationships is complicated by the fact that six types of self-leadership strategies can be combined in various ways based on their levels and shapes. Latent profile analysis, a person-centered method, has helped in addressing these complexities. This study aimed to explore the different profiles of self-leadership among general practice students and differences between different self-leadership profiles and coping styles. A total of 336 general practice students from China were investigated via a self-leadership scale and coping styles scale. Mplus 8.0 was used for latent profile analysis, and BCH was used for subsequent analysis. We identified four profiles of self-leadership: low, medium, medium-high and high. We also found that these self-leadership profiles differentially predicted general practice students’ coping styles. Our findings offer a theoretical basis for targeted interventions aimed at enhancing self-leadership in general practice students, thereby reducing stress and improving coping mechanisms.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02524-8Self-leadershipStressCoping stylesLatent profile analysis |
| spellingShingle | Na Zhang Xiaoyu Ren Zhen Xu A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students Scientific Reports Self-leadership Stress Coping styles Latent profile analysis |
| title | A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| title_full | A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| title_fullStr | A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| title_full_unstemmed | A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| title_short | A latent profile analysis of self-leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| title_sort | latent profile analysis of self leadership associated with coping styles among general practice students |
| topic | Self-leadership Stress Coping styles Latent profile analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02524-8 |
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