Moderating Role of Coping Style on the Relationship between Stress and Psychological Well-Being in Hong Kong Nursing Students.

Autor: Cheng WLS; School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, China., Young PMC; School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, China., Luk KKH; School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of environmental research and public health [Int J Environ Res Public Health] 2022 Sep 19; Vol. 19 (18). Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 19.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811822
Abstrakt: Aims and Objectives: To examine whether coping styles moderate the influence of stressors and psychological well-being in Hong Kong nursing students.
Background: Stress could contribute to psychological distress in nursing students. Coping strategies are essential to mitigate psychological distress. So far, the moderating effects of coping between stressors and psychological well-being has not been thoroughly investigated.
Design: This is a cross-sectional study conducted at four higher education institutions in Hong Kong.
Methods: We recruited a convenience sample of 293 nursing students in February 2018. The Stressors in Nursing Students Scale-Chinese version (SINS-CN), Brief Cope Inventory-Chinese version (Brief COPE-C), and the Chinese version of the General Health Questionnaire-12 (C-GHQ-12) were used to measure the stressors, coping styles, and psychological well-being, respectively. Three multiple hierarchical linear regression models were used to identify the associations between the variables.
Results: The stressors related to clinical learning, confidence, and personal problems were significant in explaining the psychological well-being. The coping strategies also predicted the psychological well-being and explained 44.5% of the variance. The coping strategy-accommodation-moderated the relationship between personal problems and psychological well-being.
Conclusion: Problem-solving and accommodation types of coping were adaptive to stress and effective in promoting psychological well-being. However, using accommodation to cope with stressors related to personal problems will exacerbate the negative effects of the personal problems on the psychological well-being.
Relevance to Clinical Practice: This study reveals the relationships between stressors, coping, and psychological well-being. Nurse educators must be aware of nursing student coping styles so they may devise strategies to promote effective coping to reduce the psychological distress among nursing students.
Databáze: MEDLINE