Coping with stressful events: a pre-post-test of a psycho-educational intervention for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Bridie
dc.contributor.authorTrace, Anna
dc.contributor.authorO'Donovan, Moira
dc.contributor.authorO'Regan, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorBrady-Nevin, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorO'Shea, Maria
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Anne-Marie
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Margaret M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T10:44:19Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T10:44:19Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-06
dc.date.updated2018-04-20T10:32:00Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Knowledge of coping mechanisms is important for nursing and midwifery students to cope with stressful events during undergraduate education. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a psycho-educational intervention “Coping with Stressful Events” with first year undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. Design: A quasi-experimental, one-group pre-post-test. Settings: One school of nursing/midwifery in one university in Ireland. Participants: A convenience sample of all first year undergraduate nursing and midwifery students (n = 197). Of these 166 completed the pretest and 138 students completed the post test. Methods: Using the COPE Inventory questionnaire (Carver et al., 1989) data was collected pre and post-delivery of the psycho-educational intervention “Coping with Stressful Events” by two research assistants. Data were analysed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 22 (NY, USA). Results: Results demonstrated improved coping skills by students. There were statistically significant differences between pre and post intervention for some coping subscales. For example, the mean subscale scores were lower post-intervention for restraint and mental disengagement, and higher for use of emotional and instrumental social support indicating improved coping strategies. Conclusions: This intervention has the potential to influence undergraduate nursing and midwifery students coping skills during their first year of an undergraduate programme.en
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dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, B., Trace, A., O'Donovan, M., O'Regan, P., Brady-Nevin, C., O'Shea, M., Martin, A.-M. and Murphy, M. (2018) 'Coping with stressful events: A pre-post-test of a psycho-educational intervention for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students', Nurse Education Today, 61, pp. 273-280. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2017.11.034en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nedt.2017.11.034
dc.identifier.endpage280en
dc.identifier.issn0260-6917
dc.identifier.journaltitleNurse Education Todayen
dc.identifier.startpage273en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5834
dc.identifier.volume61en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rights© 2017, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 licenseen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectStressen
dc.subjectCopingen
dc.subjectUndergraduate studentsen
dc.subjectNursingen
dc.subjectMidwiferyen
dc.subjectInterventionen
dc.titleCoping with stressful events: a pre-post-test of a psycho-educational intervention for undergraduate nursing and midwifery studentsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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