Psychological resilience moderates the relationship between adverse academic events and anxiety disorder in clinical medicine postgraduates

This cross-sectional study of 1,182 Chinese clinical medicine postgraduates found that exposure to adverse academic events was strongly associated with probable anxiety disorder, while low psychological resilience independently increased anxiety risk. Psychological resilience significantly moderated the association between academic stressors and anxiety, suggesting that strengthening resilience may buffer against anxiety in high-pressure training environments.