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ABSTRACT Background: This study aimed to examine the ways of coping with the stress and related factors among sixth-year medical students in Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2015 in Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine. The population of the study was 226 sixth-year medical students in academic year 2015-2016. In this study, 181 (80.1%) of those students were enrolled. Data was collected via a questionnaire which contains socio-demographic questions and “Ways of Coping Scale”. Results are reported as the mean ± standard deviation. Independent samples t-test was used to compare the groups for significant differences. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 11.5 software and the level of significance was established at the 0.05 level (2-sided). Results: It was determined that the “seeking social support” was the most used and “submissive” was the least used methods by the participants. Females compare to males and the students who wanted to study medicine by themselves compare to the students who didn’t want to study medicine used “problemfocused/active” style of coping with stress more frequently (p<0.05). Participants who didn’t want to study medicine and do not live with their parents more frequently used “emotion-focused/ passive” style of coping with stress (p<0.05). Conclusions: Medical students should be trained about the ways of coping with the stress during their education and preventive methods should be developed for the risk groups.

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