Self-Efficacy Perception, Self-Esteem, Stress, and Anxiety of Nursing Students Before Maternal-Child and Midwifery Nursing Practice
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Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, Stress, Anxiety, Nursing studentAbstract
The objective of this comparative descriptive research was to study the level, and to compare the self-efficacy perception, self-esteem, stress, and anxiety of third-year and fourth-year nursing students before the maternal-child, and midwifery nursing practice. The sample consisted of 79 third-year and 74 fourth-year nursing students from a higher education institution. The research instrument was an assessment of self-efficacy perception, self-esteem, stress, and anxiety with a reliability of 0.96, 0.90, 0.82, and 0.96, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test.
The results of the study found that third-year and fourth-year students had moderate levels of self-efficacy and self-esteem. Their anxiety was at a slight level. Third-year students had normal levels of stress while fourth-year students had a slight level. When comparing the mean scores, third-year students had higher self-efficacy than fourth-year students but had significantly lower self-esteem, stress, and anxiety than fourth-year students (p<.05). In conclusion, students who had already completed the maternity nursing practice 1 helped them increase self-esteem, but did not reduce stress and anxiety. Therefore, students should be prepared every time before starting nursing practice.
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