Percieved-stress and Resilience in Nursing Students

Background & Objective The effect of perceived-stress on students' health is dependent on their coping abilities. One of coping strategies for dealing with stress is resilience. The aim of this study is to examine perceived stress and its relation with resilience in undergraduate Nursing st...

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Published inEuropean psychiatry Vol. 30; p. 1005
Main Authors Seyedfatemi, N, Pourafzal, F, Inanloo, M, Haghani, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Masson SAS 28.03.2015
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Internal Medicine
Nursing students
Perceived-stress
Psychiatry
Resilience
Perceived-stress
Nursing students
Resilience
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Summary:Background & Objective The effect of perceived-stress on students' health is dependent on their coping abilities. One of coping strategies for dealing with stress is resilience. The aim of this study is to examine perceived stress and its relation with resilience in undergraduate Nursing students Methods & Materials In this cross-sectional study, 309 under-graduate nursing students studying at Tehran University of Medical Sciences during the first semester of 2012-2013 were selected by stratified sampling. Data were collected using the Perceived stress scale and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) questionnaires. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS-Verrsion14. Results Findings revealed that about 100% (99.3%) students reported that perceived stress moderately or high. Regarding relation between perceived-stress and resilience There were statistically significant relationship between these two variables (P≤ 001/0, r=-0.38). Conclusion According the study findings nursing school can provide facilities and opportunities for students to learn stress management strategies such as increasing resilience ability during 4 years educational program.
ISSN:0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI:10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30787-2