Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study

Background: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to invest...

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Autores: Onieva Zafra, María Dolores, Fernández Muñoz, Juan José, Abreu Sánchez, Ana María, Parra Fernández, María Laura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/19035
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19035
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Palabra clave:Anxiety
Coping behavior
Nursing students
Perceived stress
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spelling Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive studyOnieva Zafra, María DoloresFernández Muñoz, Juan JoséAbreu Sánchez, Ana MaríaParra Fernández, María LauraAnxietyCoping behaviorNursing studentsPerceived stressBackground: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71 ± 3.89 years (range 18–46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r = 0.463, p < .000) and also for trait anxiety (r = 0.718, p < .000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r = −.452, p < .01), self-criticism (r = .408 p < .01), wishful thinking (r = .459, p < .01), social support(r = −.220, p < .01), cognitive restructuring (r = −.375, p < .01), and social withdrawal (r = .388, p < .01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.BMC20202020-10-0120202020-10-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/19035reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/190352026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
title Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
spellingShingle Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
Anxiety
Coping behavior
Nursing students
Perceived stress
title_short Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
title_full Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
title_fullStr Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
title_sort Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a crosssectional, correlational, descriptive study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
Fernández Muñoz, Juan José
Abreu Sánchez, Ana María
Parra Fernández, María Laura
author Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
author_facet Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
Fernández Muñoz, Juan José
Abreu Sánchez, Ana María
Parra Fernández, María Laura
author_role author
author2 Fernández Muñoz, Juan José
Abreu Sánchez, Ana María
Parra Fernández, María Laura
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anxiety
Coping behavior
Nursing students
Perceived stress
topic Anxiety
Coping behavior
Nursing students
Perceived stress
description Background: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71 ± 3.89 years (range 18–46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r = 0.463, p < .000) and also for trait anxiety (r = 0.718, p < .000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r = −.452, p < .01), self-criticism (r = .408 p < .01), wishful thinking (r = .459, p < .01), social support(r = −.220, p < .01), cognitive restructuring (r = −.375, p < .01), and social withdrawal (r = .388, p < .01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.
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