Comparison of Stress, Depression and Suicidal Ideation between Nursing Students and Students of Other Majors.
10.5977/jkasne.2014.20.4.650
- Author:
Sun Kyung CHA
1
;
Eun Mi LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing Science, Sunmoon University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nursing students;
Stress;
Depression;
Suicidal idea
- MeSH:
Cities;
Depression*;
Humans;
Korea;
Nursing;
Prevalence;
Stress, Psychological;
Students, Nursing*;
Suicidal Ideation*;
Suicide
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2014;20(4):650-658
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study compares differences in stress, depression and suicidal ideation between nursing and students of other academic disciplines. METHODS: Nursing students (n=105) and students of other majors (n=148) were surveyed on the degree of personal stress, depression and suicidal ideation. Participants were recruited from three universities in cities S and C in Korea. Data were collected from May 1 to 20, 2013. Measurement tools were the Revised Life Stress Scale for College Students, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale(CES-D), and Scale for Suicide Ideation(SSI). PASW Statistics 18 was used for descriptive analysis, homogeneity test(chi-square distribution) and ANCOVA. RESULTS: The level of stress among nursing students was lower than that of students in other majors. Among the subcategories of stress, however, stress among nursing students arising from the student-faculty relationship was higher than that of their non-nursing counterparts. Conversely, differences in the prevalence of depression were notsignificant between nursing students and non-nursing students. Ultimately, it was revealed that there exists a strong correlation among stress, depression and suicidal idea for nursing students. CONCLUSION: Developing stress and depression management programs for nursing students is highly recommended.
