scholarly journals Relationships between Anger Expression, Social Supports and Adjustment to College Life among Nursing Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Hee Jun ◽  
Myoung-Ju Jo ◽  
Hyunjoo Na
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
College Life ◽  
Adjustment To College

scholarly journals Effects of a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Counseling Program on Self-efficacy and Adjustment to College Life for Nursing Freshmen

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-452
Author(s):  
Kyunghyun Lee ◽  
Myungah Kim
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Emotive Behavior ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
College Life ◽  
Adjustment To College ◽  
Experimental Group

Purpose: This purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) counseling program on self-efficacy and adjustment to college life for nursing freshmen. Methods: This study used a nonequivalent control pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. Thirty-eight new nursing students were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n=18) or a control group (n=20) recruited from a four-year nursing college. An REBT counseling program was composed of 8 group sessions of orientation, understanding the theory of REBT, finding irrational beliefs, internalizing rational beliefs, and closing over a duration of 5 weeks. The duration of each session was 90 minutes. Self-efficacy and adjustment to school life were measured by the Sherer's Self-Efficacy Scale and Baker & Siryk's Student Adjustment to College before and after the REBT counseling program. Data were analyzed using t-tests and paired t-tests. Results: The experimental group showed a significant improvement in self-efficacy compared to the control group. There was no significant change in college life adjustment between the experimental and control groups. Conclusion: An REBT counseling program could be applied as an effective program in enhancing self-efficacy resulting in positive and goal-oriented behavior for new nursing students in college.

scholarly journals The influence of gender-friendly environment and communication competence of male nursing students on adjustment to college life

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-365
Author(s):  
Seonmin Park ◽  
Jung-Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Self Report ◽  
College Life ◽  
Adjustment To College ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
College Adaptation ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose: This study examined the effects of a gender-friendly environment and the communication competence of male nursing students on college life adaptation.Methods: The participants included 221 male nursing students from the nursing departments at five universities. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions with SPSS/WIN 18.0.Results: The participants’ scores on the gender-friendly environment, communication competence, and college life adaptation were 58.41±10.96, 56.19±7.32, and 117.37±16.86, respectively. Factors influencing male nursing students’ college adaptation included satisfaction with major, communication competence, academic grade, and economic level. These variables together explained 59% of college adaptation in male nursing students (F=26.74, <i>p</i><.001).Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that the development and application of educational programs for communication competence and a gender-friendly educational environment are essential in enhancing the adaptation of male nursing students to college life.

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