Emotional Abuse Perceived by Nursing Students and Risk Factors

Tanımlayıcı türde olan bu araştırma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin algıladıkları duygusal istismarı ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 2021-2022 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar döneminde Hemşirelik Bölümünde okuyan araştırmaya gönüllü 347 öğrenciler oluşturmuştur. Evrenden örneklem seçimine gidilmemiş olup 347 öğrenci ile araştırma tamamlanmıştır. Verilerinin toplanmasında Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Formu ve Yetişkinler İçin Algılanan Duygusal İstismar Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde sayı ve yüzdelik hesapları, aritmetik ortalama, Kolmogorov-Smirnov dağılım testi, Student t testi ve one way ANOVA kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelik öğrencilerinin duygusal istismar algısı orta düzeyde olduğu ve geniş ailede yaşamak, kendi bedenini biraz beğenmek ve beğenmemek, psikiyatrik bir hastalık tedavisi görmek ve hayatında en az bir kez depresyon belirtisi yaşamanın öğrencilerde algılanan duygusal istismar açısından risk faktörü oluşturduğu bulunmuştur.

Emotional Abuse Perceived by Nursing Students and Risk Factors

This descriptive study was conducted to determine the emotional abuse perceived by nursing students and the affecting factors. The population of the research consisted of students studying in the Department of Nursing in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Sample selection was not made from the universe and the research was completed with 347 students. Descriptive Characteristics Form and Perceived Emotional Abuse Scale for Adults were used to collect data. Number and percentage calculations, arithmetic mean, Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution test, Student's t test and one way ANOVA were used in the analysis of the data. It was found that the perception of emotional abuse of the nursing students participating in the study was moderate and living in an extended family, to like or dislike their own body a little, being treated for a psychiatric illness and experiencing at least one once depression symptom in their life were risk factors for perceived emotional abuse in students.

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