Stress, Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement of Nursing Students

Abstract

The purpose of the this study was to identify the relationship between stress, emotional intelligence and academic achievement of nursing students. Self-report questionnaire was given to 157 nursing students(3rd, 4th grade) in Korea and K university students were completed the survey. The data were collected November 24th to December 12th. SPSS WIN 18.0. program was used to analyze data and descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to analyse the relationship. Stress were significantly correlations with emotional intelligence and academic achievement in nursing students. These findings indicate that to decrease stress and to increase academic achievement of nursing students, it is necessary to development and investigate a program for managing stress among nursing students.