2015•International journal of nursingRequires access
The status quo of psychological stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students
Zhizhi Lin, Rongfang Hu, Yingqian Deng, Qunshan Dai, Zhancheng Wu
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate and analyze the state and the correlation of stress and resilience in nursing undergraduate students.
Methods
A total of 754 nursing students were assessed using the College Student Stress Questionnaire and Chinese Version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).
Results
The mean score of stressor was (66.8 ± 39) , and the mean score of items was(0.98±0.57), male students had higher scores of stress, and the top three scores of stress were as following: study stress, career stress and independent stress.The mean scores of resilience (34.35 ± 15.6) was significantly lower than the norm in China, the scores were significantly different between gender and among different classes (P<0.05).The scores of stress had negatively correlation with scores of resilience.
Conclusions
Study stress is the most important factors for nursing students.The nursing students' resilience are very weak.It is suggested to take effective measures to improve the level of resilience for nursing students, which will contribute to the mental health of nursing students and relieve their stress.
Key words:
Undergraduate nursing students; Stressors; Resilience; Survey