Australian nursing students’ experience of bullying and/or harassment during clinical placement

Effects of Bullying Experience on Psychological Well-Being Mediated by Conflict Management Styles and Psychological Empowerment among Nursing Students in Clinical Placement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

“…These results are consistent with the results of previous studies [4,11]. Budden et al [11] found that the majority of nursing students reported that they experience of being bullied made them feel depressed (53.6%).…”

“…Budden et al [11] found that the majority of nursing students reported that they experience of being bullied made them feel depressed (53.6%). Even after controlling for general characteristics, nursing students' experience of being bullied was a significant predictor of psychological well-being including depression, self-esteem, and academic major satisfaction [4].…”

“…Bullying experience is strongly correlated to a reduced psychological well-being in student nurses [4,11]. Bullying experience is considered a stressor that can have potentially serious consequences for the psychological well-being, which is essential to improve the abilities of nursing students to successfully perform clinical training and to continue their career as registered nurses [4,5,8].…”

“…While a growing body of knowledge [4,9,10] supports the asso- Bullying referred as horizontal violence, interpersonal conflict, incivility, mobbing, and intimidation [4,8,11]. In this study, bullying was defined as act of aggression or hostility perpetrated deliberately or unconsciously by one person on one or more and can repeatedly occur in covert or overt ways over a period of time, which are all unwanted by the victim, but clearly cause humiliation, offence, and distress, and that may threaten the performance of the healthcare team and/or cause an unpleasant working environment.…”

“…Increasing retention of nursing students is essential for shortage in nursing profession, but about a third of new graduate nurses intend to leave their occupation because of experiencing bullying [3]. Due to a high risk of being bullied in clinical placement, nursing students have low level of psychological well-being and do not able to successfully transform from undergraduate students to new graduate nurses [4,5].Appropriate conflict management styles and high level of psychological empowerment are effective methods to help nursing students to reduce detrimental effects of bullying experience [6][7][8].While a growing body of knowledge [4,9,10] supports the asso-701 www.jkan.or.kr Bullying referred as horizontal violence, interpersonal conflict, incivility, mobbing, and intimidation [4,8,11]. In this study, bullying was defined as act of aggression or hostility perpetrated deliberately or unconsciously by one person on one or more and can repeatedly occur in covert or overt ways over a period of time, which are all unwanted by the victim, but clearly cause humiliation, offence, and distress, and that may threaten the performance of the healthcare team and/or cause an unpleasant working environment.…”