| Relation of assertiveness and anxiety among Iranian University students. | |
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PMID: 21078004 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY: • The findings from the present study revealed that less than 30% of nursing and midwifery students have high assertiveness and only half of them have low anxiety. • Assertiveness and anxiety have negative correlations in nursing and midwifery students and affect the mental health and educational and occupational performance of the students. • Many factors such as years of education and working while studying influence the level of assertiveness in the students. • The anxiety in students had a significant relation with the father's level of education, family income, etc. ABSTRACT: The simultaneous existence of low assertiveness and high anxiety in nursing and midwifery students leads to the disruption of study performance. There exists little information concerning their assertiveness. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation of assertiveness and anxiety in nursing and midwifery students. In this correlational, cross-sectional study, 173 nursing students (68 males and 105 females) and 77 midwifery students were recruited from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Data were collected using a questionnaire including personal-social factors, the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Assertion Inventory of Gambrill and Richey. More than half of the nursing and midwifery students (59.5% and 59.7%, respectively) had moderate assertiveness. Also, 43.3% and 36.4% of them had moderate and high levels of anxiety. Pearson correlation test revealed that assertiveness and anxiety had negative correlations in nursing (r=-0.51, P < 0.001) and midwifery (r=-0.449, P < 0.001) students. Some demographic variables had significant correlations with assertiveness and anxiety among the students. Considering the relation of assertiveness and anxiety and its effects on mental health and educational and occupational performance, students should be informed of the required skills for positive interaction with others and to increase assertiveness and decrease anxiety. |
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T T Larijani; M Aghajani; A Baheiraei; N S Neiestanak |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing Volume: 17 ISSN: 1365-2850 ISO Abbreviation: J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9439514 Medline TA: J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 893-9 Citation Subset: N |
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© 2010 Blackwell Publishing. |
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Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. |
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