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TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NURSING
Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 482-486Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2022.05.008
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Healthcare students; COVID-19; Psychological well-being; Coping strategies; Stress
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This study investigated the psychological well-being, stress coping strategies, and their relationships among healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed that healthcare students with lower academic confidence and lower self-rated peer and family relationship scores had poorer psychological well-being. Nursing students reported the lowest psychological well-being and the highest levels of adopting avoidant coping strategies.
Background: This study aimed to investigate the psychological well-being, and stress coping strategies, as well as their relationships, among healthcare students during prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online questionnaire was used to assess psychological well-being (the Ryff Scale) and coping strategies (the brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory [COPE] Scale). COPE scores were categorized to identify the primary coping strategies: approach indicates more active coping strategies; avoidant indicates more dysfunctional and maladaptive mechanisms. Results: A total of 202 valid questionnaire were collected. Those with lower academic confidence and lower self-rated peer and family relationship scores during the COVID-19 pandemic had lower Ryff scores, indicat-ing poorer psychological well-being. Nursing students reported the lowest psychological well-being and the highest levels of adopting avoidant coping strategies (26.4%). Conclusion: The study's findings may help educators identify the healthcare students most vulnerable to stress and develop interventions to empower students to adopt problem-focused stress coping strategies. (c) 2022 Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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