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1PhD in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Assistant Professor in Bandırma Onyedi Eylul University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, 17 Eylul District, Kurtuluş Boulevard, No:98, Bandırma Balıkesir, Turkey.
Nurse Education in Practice
|August 4, 2024
Summary
Nursing students struggling with emotion regulation show lower solution-focused thinking. Interventions to improve these skills are recommended for better coping and care quality.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Psychology
- Healthcare Professions
Background:
- Effective coping mechanisms are vital for nursing students facing academic and professional stressors.
- Developing emotion regulation and solution-focused thinking is crucial for nursing students' well-being and patient care quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between emotion regulation difficulty and solution-focused thinking in nursing students.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 416 nursing students in Türkiye.
- Data were collected using the difficulties in emotion regulation scale-brief form and the solution focused inventory.
- Multivariate linear regression analysis was employed to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Increased emotion regulation difficulty was significantly associated with decreased resource activation and problem disengagement, but increased goal orientation.
- Specifically, a 1-unit increase in emotion regulation difficulty correlated with a 0.236 decrease in resource activation and a 0.524 decrease in problem disengagement (p<.001).
- Furthermore, a 1-unit increase in emotion regulation difficulty was linked to a 0.876 increase in goal orientation (p<.001). Grade point average, grade, and age also influenced solution-focused thinking sub-dimensions (p<.05).
Conclusions:
- Emotion regulation difficulty is a significant predictor of solution-focused thinking in nursing students.
- Academic nurses should assess students' emotion regulation and solution-focused thinking early in their enrollment.
- Integrating intervention programs to enhance these skills into the nursing curriculum is recommended.
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