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Self‐esteem and student nurses: A cross‐cultural study of nursing students in Thailand and the UK
Author(s) -
Sasat Siriphan,
Burnard Philip,
Edwards Deborah,
Naiyapatana Wassana,
Hebden Una,
Boonrod Wallapa,
Arayathanitkul Bussarin,
Wongmak Waraporn
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2002.00095.x
Subject(s) - self esteem , perception , psychology , nursing , test (biology) , significant difference , medicine , clinical psychology , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
Self‐esteem is a key feature in a person’s perception of their own worth. This report is of a study of the reported self‐esteem levels of two groups of student nurses: one in Thailand and one in the UK. Purposive samples of 120 Thai students and 101 UK undergraduate nursing students were given the Culture‐Free Self‐Esteem Inventory (CFSEI‐2). The CFSEI‐2 is a self‐reported inventory, which measures an individual’s perception of self. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of own self‐esteem in undergraduate student nurses in the UK and in Thailand were comparable to the normal ranges of self‐esteem as assessed by the instrument. An independent sample t ‐test revealed that there were no significant differences in mean overall and subscale self‐esteem scores between UK and Thai nursing students. There were no indications of differences in levels of self‐esteem for UK and Thai nursing students experiencing different parts of their training.