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<sec><h3>BACKGROUND</h3>
<p>Self-esteem is an essential personality trait in nursing professionals and nursing students need to have a high self-esteem and effective coping strategies to be successful in their future career.</p>
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<sec><h3>AIM</h3>
<p>This study aimed to assess the relationship between the level of self-esteem and the stress coping strategies, used by internship nursing students (intern-nurses), at the completion of their internship training.</p>
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<sec><h3>METHODS</h3>
<p>A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was used to measure self-esteem and identify the stress coping strategies of intern-nurses at Alexandria University. Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire, including the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE). The questionnaire was distributed to all intern-nurses (273 intern-nurses) during their last rotation in the internship training. In total, 150 completed the survey, resulting in 54.9% response rate. SPSS software was used for the analysis.</p>
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<sec><h3>RESULTS</h3>
<p>In total, 150 intern-nurses participated in the study. The majority of the sample had a moderate to high self-esteem, and the mean total self-esteem was 29.21/40 ± 4.44. The most frequently used coping strategy was problem-solving, followed by social support, positive thinking, and lastly an avoidance coping strategy. There was a positive correlation between self-esteem with both the problem-solving and social support coping strategies. However, there was a negative correlation between the self-esteem score and the avoidance coping strategy.</p>
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<sec><h3>CONCLUSION</h3>
<p>The majority of the sample had a moderate to high self-esteem and they use problem-solving and social support coping strategies to manage stress. Intern-nurses with a high self-esteem cope positively and effectively with stress. Conversely, intern-nurses with a low self-esteem cope negatively with stress. Counseling and stress intervention programs are essential to promote nursing students self-esteem and assist them to develop positive and active stress coping strategies.</p>
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BACKGROUND
Self-esteem is an essential personality trait in nursing professionals and nursing students need to have a high self-esteem and effective coping strategies to be successful in their future career.

AIM
This study aimed to assess the relationship between the level of self-esteem and the stress coping strategies, used by internship nursing students (intern-nurses), at the completion of their internship training.

METHODS
A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was used to measure self-esteem and identify the stress coping strategies of intern-nurses at Alexandria University. Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire, including the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE). The questionnaire was distributed to all intern-nurses (273 intern-nurses) during their last rotation in the internship training. In total, 150 completed the survey, resulting in 54.9% response rate. SPSS software was used for the analysis.

RESULTS
In total, 150 intern-nurses participated in the study. The majority of the sample had a moderate to high self-esteem, and the mean total self-esteem was 29.21/40 ± 4.44. The most frequently used coping strategy was problem-solving, followed by social support, positive thinking, and lastly an avoidance coping strategy. There was a positive correlation between self-esteem with both the problem-solving and social support coping strategies. However, there was a negative correlation between the self-esteem score and the avoidance coping strategy.

CONCLUSION
The majority of the sample had a moderate to high self-esteem and they use problem-solving and social support coping strategies to manage stress. Intern-nurses with a high self-esteem cope positively and effectively with stress. Conversely, intern-nurses with a low self-esteem cope negatively with stress. Counseling and stress intervention programs are essential to promote nursing students self-esteem and assist them to develop positive and active stress coping strategies.

Relationship between Self-Esteem and Stress Coping Strategies among Internship Nursing Students

College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University

Department of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing

Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing

Pediatric Hematology Oncology Consultant, Department of Pediatrics

Department of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing

Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

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BACKGROUND
Self-esteem is an essential personality trait in nursing professionals and nursing students need to have a high self-esteem and effective coping...

Relationship between Self-Esteem and Stress Coping Strategies among Internship Nursing Students

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2023

Páginas: 26 - 32

Recibido: 24 may 2022

Aceptado: 25 oct 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.10233

Palabras clave
Intern, Nursing, Relationship, Self-esteem, Stress coping strategies

© 2023 Khaled M. Al-Sayaghi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Relationship between Self-Esteem and Stress Coping Strategies among Internship Nursing Students

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2023

Páginas: 26 - 32

Recibido: 24 may 2022

Aceptado: 25 oct 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.10233

Palabras claveIntern, Nursing, Relationship, Self-esteem, Stress coping strategies

© 2023 Khaled M. Al-Sayaghi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Intern, Nursing, Relationship, Self-esteem, Stress coping strategies