The Influence of Personality Traits and Social Support on Male Nursing Student Life Stress

Abstract

It is suggested that nursing students in each year of their academic career should be exposed to courses geared to reduce the life stress perceptions (especially in the areas of learning and career development) of male nursing students. Increased family support is an effective way to decrease male nursing student life stress. This study could be a reference for the design and application of strategies to reduce the perceived life stress of male nursing students.

The Influences Of Australian Nursing Students’ Anxiety, Depression, Personality And Family Interaction With Their Psychological Well-being And Suicidal Ideation

“…People with positive personality use problem focused coping strategies that are related to increasing psychological well-being and decreasing suicidal ideation [14,24,25]. Therefore, the results of this study are consistent with previous studies in which personality was associated with nursing students' psychological well-being [29].…”

“…Personality and emotional stability were associated with nursing students' psychological well-being [29].…”

Perceived stress and coping strategies among Jordanian nursing students during clinical practice in psychiatric/mental health courses

“…Stress from assignments and workloads was identified as one of the most significant sources of stress in the present study, and for nursing students internationally (Evans et al 2007;Lou et al 2010;Nolan & Ryan 2008;Shirey 2007). Although clinical assignment preparation appears to catalyse the critical thinking skills of students, the students in the present study reported that the requirements of psychiatric clinical practice exceeded their physical and emotional endurance.…”

A School-Based Health Promotion Program for Stressed Nursing Students in Taiwan

“…Nursing is a service-oriented activity that must develop constantly to meet changing client and clinical-oriented demands. Nursing students thus face both clinical and academic stress (Kang, Choi, & Tyu, 2009;Lou et al, 2010). Nurses are thus trained with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to intervene in patients' health problems in a variety of nursing situations (Wang, Lee, & Lu, 2010).…”

“…Nurses are thus trained with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to intervene in patients' health problems in a variety of nursing situations (Wang, Lee, & Lu, 2010). Furthermore, many studies have found that nursing students experience stress from several sources such as academic achievement and academic workload (Evans, Brown, Timmins, & Nicholl, 2007;Kang et al, 2009;Maria, 2007), lack of clinical experience (Burnard, Binti, Hayes, & Edwards, 2007;Lou et al, 2010;Tsai & Hung, 2005), relationships with faculty (Timmins & Kaliszer, 2002), new roles and responsibilities (Lee & Yeh, 2010), and poor relationships with clinical staff (Burnard et al, 2007;Nolan & Ryan, 2008). Nursing students thus face both clinical and academic stress (Kang, Choi, & Tyu, 2009;Lou et al, 2010).…”