Developing a model of the effectiveness of psychological capital components training on improving mental toughness and grit

Occupational burnout is a serious issue that threatens the medical profession with potentially negative consequences for both the physician and the patient. This study's main goal was to ascertain whether psychological capital component training can effectively promote grit and mental toughness as a mediating variable in medical students experiencing burnout. The literature technique used was quasi-experimental, with a posttest-pretest control group design. The statistical population contains all female general medicine students enrolled in the Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences' Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry during the 2019–2020 academic year. The study used availability sampling, in which forty qualified volunteer students were randomly assigned to the psychological capital training group and control group based on the study's eligibility requirements. Ten two-hour training sessions were given to the experimental group, whereas no training was given to the control group. The Grit Scale by Duckworth et al. (2007) and the Mental Toughness Questionnaire by McGee (2016) were used as research instruments. The findings demonstrated that 77% and 75%, respectively, of the variance in grit and mental toughness could be explained by the conceptual model developed for the study. In fact, psychological capital was shown to have a major impact on and foster grit and mental toughness in burnout medical students.