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Stress management skill for nursing students
Author(s) -
Charlesworth Edward A.,
Murphy Shiela,
Beutler Larry E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198104)37:2<284::aid-jclp2270370210>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , stress (linguistics) , nursing , stress management , applied psychology , medical education , clinical psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
Assessed the effectiveness of a 10‐session, 5‐week, group‐administered stress management program for nursing students. The stress management group included sessions on progressive relaxation, deep muscle relaxation autogenic training, visual imagery and modified systematic desensitization. Ten female nursing students participated in the stress management group. A second group of nursing students (7 female and 1 male) served as a control group. State and trait anxiety measures were taken before the group began and immediately prior to both mid‐term and final examinations. The stress management group effectively reduced trait anxiety ( p < 0.05), while the control group's trait anxiety levels remained relatively unchanged. The experimental group showed a reduction in state (test‐taking) anxiety from mid‐semester to final examinations, while the control group showed a slight increase from mid semester to final examination.