Social Support, Academic Stress, Clinical Practice Stress in College Student of Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify degree and the relationship between of social support, academic stress, clinical practice stress in college student of nursing. The study included 125 college students attending to 2 college in Gyung gi and 1 college in Kyung buk. The data were collected from 1, November, 2013 to 30, November, 2013. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, scheffe test and pearson correlation coefficient, with SPSS package were used for data analysis. The results are as follows. Social support was significantly different according to interpersonal relationship and characteristics. Academic stress was significantly different according to religion, selection motives of nursing, and major satisfaction. Stress in clinical practice was significantly different according to sex and clinical practice satisfaction. In terms of correlations, there was found significant correlation between friend support and family support and there was found significant correlation and negative correlation between professor support and clinical practice stress. Through this results, to decrease clinical practice stress, a college manager, it is necessary to develop competency of professors. PU - The Korean Society of Stress Medicine