::INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES::

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TITLE:

RELATIONSHIP OF ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE SENSE OF HUMOR WITH PERCEIVED STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS: MODERATING ROLE OF GENDER

AUTHORS:

Ghulam Ishaq, Dr Kulsoom Ejaz, Dr. Sara Masood

ABSTRACT:

Background- The shift of students to medical university or medical college is a major change in their lives. This change commonly causes number of stressful conditions in their lives. [1] Sometime the perception of stress and their buffering strategies may be depending on their gender due to traditional stereotypical involvement of men and women boundaries in Pakistani culture. Objective- To find out moderating role of gender in relationship of adaptive and maladaptive sense of humor with perceived stress among undergraduate medical students: Method- Co-relational research design was used to collect data. Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale and Perceived Stress Scale were used to operationalize the constructs of the present study. Result- Significant gender difference were found in all the constructs, as boys were higher in adaptive sense of humor whereas girls were higher in maladaptive sense of humor and perceived stress. In multiple regression analysis, adaptive sense of humor negatively whereas maladaptive sense of humor positively predicted perceived stress after controlling for gender. Hierarchical regression analysis suggested that gender moderated the relationship of both adaptive and maladaptive sense of humor with perceived stress. Findings have been discussed in our indigenous cultural settings. Conclusion- The overall results of the present study lead to the conclusion that enhancing students “sense of humor and especially germane to their gender buffer the effect on their stress level. Keywords: perceived stress, adaptive sense of humor, maladaptive sense of humor, gender.