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Relationship between Coping Style with Stress and the Levels of Perceived Social Support among Nursing Students

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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversiteli Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü

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Hemşire, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü

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Hemşire, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi

Arch Health Sci Res 2019; 6: 74-83
DOI: 10.17681/hsp.466581
Read: 2904 Downloads: 1084 Published: 11 November 2019

Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between coping style with stress and the levels of perceived social support among nursing students.

Methods: The study sample included 202 nursing students studying in the nursing department of a university’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Any specific sampling method was not determined and only the voluntary students was enrolled in the study. Data for the study were collected using a personal information form, the Scale of Perceived Social Support, Stress-Coping Style Scale (SCSS). Percentage, arithmetic average and standard deviation, variance analysis, Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U and Pearson correlation analysis are used in data evaluation.

Results: This study confirmed that the students Stres Coping Style Scala average total score is 73.09±10.48. According to the stres coping style scale, the highest average scores were generated in the subscale of self confident (20.39±4.33) while the lowest average was found in the subscale of helpless styles (16.53±5.20). Nursing students’ perceived social support point average was found to be 124.77±13.26. Subscale mean scores of the scale of perceived social support are as follows: Perceived support family (54.77±5.32), perceived support teachers (26.28±4.06) It was found that there was a positive and significant relationship between the level of family and friend support and the level of self-confident (r=.194 p<0.01; r=.247 p<0.01 respectively), and optimistic approach(r=.211 p<0.01; r=.248 p<0.01 respectively).

Conclusion: It is thought that the development of the social support perceptions of students during their education will contribute to the effective ways of coping with stress. 

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