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Effect of a creative‐bonding intervention on Taiwanese nursing students' self‐transcendence and attitudes toward elders
Author(s) -
Chen Shiue,
Walsh Sandra M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20310
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , transcendence (philosophy) , nursing , psychology , population , test (biology) , medicine , gerontology , clinical psychology , theology , philosophy , environmental health , paleontology , biology
Nursing students worldwide have little interest in caring for a growing elder population. The purpose of this study, based on self‐transcendence theory, was to test the effectiveness of a creative‐bonding intervention (CBI) to promote self‐transcendence and positive attitudes towards elders in Taiwanese nursing students. A quasi‐experimental design was used to compare a CBI group ( n = 100) with a friendly visit (FV) control group ( n = 94). ANCOVA results indicated that after the intervention, the CBI group had significantly more positive attitudes towards elders than the FV group. Nursing school faculty may want to promote art‐making activities between students and elders to foster students' interest in elder care. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32:204–216, 2009