Academic motivation and academic self-efficacy are introduced among the main factors that affect students' academic success. Perceived social support concept is another critical factor that can ease adjustment issues faced by nursing students during their learning experience Aims Assess the academic motivation, academic self-efficacy and perceived social support among undergraduate nursing students and investigate the relationship between them. Design A descriptive correlational design was used in this study Setting The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University Subjects A representative sample of 400 undergraduate students Tools A Sociodemographic and Academic Data Questionnaire, Academic Motivation Scale-College Version (AMS-C 28), Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASE) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) are standardized tools Results It was revealed that 75.0% and 51.2% of students had moderate levels of academic motivation and academic self-efficacy respectively, and 65.0% of them had a high level of perceived social support. A statistically significant positive relationship was found between academic motivation, academic self-efficacy, and perceived social support (p<0.001) Conclusion Most of the studied nursing students had moderate levels of academic motivation, academic self-efficacy, and a high level of perceived social support. Students' academic motivation, academic self-efficacy, and perceived social support are significantly and positively related to each other. Finally, as time goes on, their academic self-efficacy is significantly decline gradually Recommendations Providing continuous adequate and constructive feedback to students about their academic performance is needed in order to motivate them, and future studies are needed to investigate which factors can affect nursing students' academic motivation, academic self-efficacy and perceived social support.
Background: Family caregiving causes stress, depression and financial difficulties. Therefore, caregivers require emotional support and psycho-education to effectively provide care and support to their relatives with mental disorders. Aim of the study: Assess the caregiving burden and psycho-educational needs among families of patients with psychotic disorders. Research Design: A descriptive design was used in the present study. Setting: The study was conducted in the outpatient clinic of El-Maamoura Hospital for Psychiatric Medicine. Subjects: A convenient sample of 150 family caregivers of patients with psychotic disorders was recruited. Tools: Three tools were used to collect the data (Caregiver Burden Inventory, The Educational Needs Questionnaire, and Family Caregivers Socio-Demographic and Clinical Data Structured Interview Schedule). Results: The majority of caregivers (93.3%) had a risk of burnout and near to two thirds of caregivers (64.0%) showed high interest in the educational needs. Conclusion: Caring for a patient with psychotic disorder within a family can put a great burden on whoever is providing the care to the extent of exposing them to the risk of burnout. In response, the need for psychoeducation is expected and highly expressed by the caregivers, especially in the areas of coping with stress, patient's social functioning, patient's symptoms and the resources available to help and support them. Recommendations: A routine assessment of the psycho-educational needs and caregiving burden of families' caregiver must be carefully considered while developing familycentered interventions.
IntroductionThe lives of patients with mental illness and their families are often not drastically altered by the burden of mental illness only, but also by the stigma and society’s reactions to them.ObjectiveThe objective of this article is to review the causes, magnitude, and consequences of stigma and burden of mental illness, and current successful interventions to overcome stigma and burden, with an emphasis on the role of psychiatric nurses.MethodA narrative literature review of articles related to stigma and burden of mental illness was conducted.ConclusionOvercoming the stigma and burden of mental illness is one of the great challenges facing mental health professionals. Psychiatric nurses can play a crucial role in eliminating stigma and reducing burden of mental illness, so patients with mental illness and their families can live free from discrimination and suffering.
Although recovery is the aim for psychiatric professionals and their patients, this journey may be faced by hopelessness, negative cognition and reduced stigma resistance.A little had been done about recovery, hope and stigma resistance among Egyptian patients with depressive disorders. Objective: Determine levels of recovery, hope and stigma resistance among patients with depressive disorders, and investigate the relationship between them.
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