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KMID : 0869920140200040502
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2014 Volume.20 No. 4 p.502 ~ p.512
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Differences in Stress and Stress Coping Strategies according to Emotional Intelligence in Nursing Students
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Song Ju-Eun
Chae Hyun-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify differences in stress levels and stress coping strategies according to the degree of emotional intelligence in nursing students.
Method: Study participants included 367 nursing students from three universities in Gyeonggi and Chungnam provinces. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire in December 2012 and subsequently analyzed via the IBM SPSS 20.0 program with descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA and Scheffe tests.
Results: The emotional intelligence of nursing students was slightly higher than average. Perceived stress and clinical practice stress among nursing students were high and nursing students used more problem-focused compared to emotion-focused coping strategies. Nursing students who had a higher level of emotional intelligence exhibited lower levels of perceived stress (t=2.26, p=.025) and clinical practice stress (t=9.37, p<.001) and more used problem-focused coping strategies (t=-7.56, p<.001) than those who had a lower level of emotional intelligence.
Conclusion: These results suggest that nursing interventions to improve the emotional intelligence of nursing students are necessary to manage stress more effectively.
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KEYWORD
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Emotional intelligence, Stress, Coping, Nursing student
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