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Positive Orientation and Fatigue Experienced by Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Control

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11112971

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic; psychological problems

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  1. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn [63-610-001]

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This study investigates the relationship between positive orientation and fatigue in Polish nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the mediation role of emotional control. The results indicate a significant negative correlation between positive orientation and fatigue, and a significant positive correlation between emotional control and fatigue. Therefore, it is crucial to enhance positive orientation and emotional control to minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing students.
This study aimed to investigate the mediatory role of emotional control with respect to the control of anger, depression, and anxiety in the relationship between positive orientation and tiredness/fatigue occurring in a group of Polish nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study included 894 nursing students from six universities in Poland. A diagnostic survey was applied as the research method, and the data were collected using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS) and the Positive Orientation Scale (SOP). The mean participant age was 20.73 years (SD = 1.81). More than half of the students in the study showed a low level of positive orientation. Correlational analyses revealed a significant negative correlation between positive orientation and tiredness/fatigue experienced by the students participating in the study (r = -0.336; p < 0.001), and correlation between positive orientation and the overall emotional control index (r = -0.317; p < 0.001), and the indices of control of anger (r = -0.154; p < 0.01), depression (r = -0.376; p < 0.001), and anxiety (r = -0.236; p < 0.01). Analysis of the results also revealed the occurrence of significant, positive links between the controlled emotions and their components and the tiredness/fatigue experienced by nursing students. It is important to take action associated with the prevention of tiredness/fatigue among students and to reinforce a positive orientation and the capacity to control emotions to effectively minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing students.

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