Association Between Self-Discipline Towards Grade Point Average Among Medical Students
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.021How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Self-discipline, Grade Point Average, MMPI-2
- Abstract
Self-discipline is the ability to prevent something that could lead to harmful effects of unhealthy excesses. Self-discipline has implications, particularly among medical students, for improving academic performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between self-discipline towards grade point average (GPA) among medical students. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Al-Azhar Islamic University, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. A total of 241 medical students was enrolled in this study. The dependent variable was the GPA. The independent variable was self-discipline. Self-discipline data were obtained from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) test at the first medical school admission process. GPA data were obtained from the academic section. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test. The study showed that GPA among medical students was mostly average (45.64%), good (44.81%), and low (9.54%). MMPI-2 test reported that students were mostly had good self-discipline (85.06%). From the Chi-square test, it was found that the GPA was associated with self-discipline among medical students at Al-Azhar Islamic University, Mataram (p=0.010). In conclusion, the grade point average among medical students is associated with self-discipline. Further study is required using the data from the MMPI-2 test.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Artha Budi Susila Duarsa AU - Irwan Syuhada AU - Ayu Anulus PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/01 TI - Association Between Self-Discipline Towards Grade Point Average Among Medical Students BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 111 EP - 115 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.021 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.021 ID - Duarsa2021 ER -