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Stress, sources of stress and ways of coping among psychiatric nursing students
Author(s) -
TULLY A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00682.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , distress , general health questionnaire , psychology , mental health , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , nursing
This study measured levels of distress, sources of stress and ways of coping of a convenience sample of psychiatric nursing students ( n = 35). Instruments used were the 30‐item General Health Questionnaire , the Jones and Johnson (1997) Student Nurse Stress Index , Parkes (1985) Ways of Coping Questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire. Findings revealed that all students were significantly distressed, exceeding a conventional cut‐off score of 5 on the 30‐item General Health Questionnaire. Students were found to have limited coping skills. Preparing to become a nurse in this setting was found to be significantly emotionally stressful and a possible risk to the well‐being of students. This study provides a baseline from which to address the problem of stress among diplomate psychiatric nursing students.