Relationship between perceived stress with resilience among undergraduate nursing students

ABSTRACT

The effect of perceived stress on students' health depends on their coping abilities. Resilience is a coping strategy for dealing with the stress. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the perceived stress with resilience in undergraduate nursing students. In this cross-sectional study, 309 undergraduate nursing students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences were selected during the first semester of 2012-2013 using the stratified sampling method. Data were collected using the Perceived stress scale and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale [CD-RISC]. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in the SPSS-14. Findings revealed that most of the students [99.3%] had a moderate or high perceived stress. There was a statistically significant relationship between the perceived stress with the resilience [P<0.001,r=-0.38]. The school of nursing should provide facilities and opportunities for students in their 4-year educational program to learn stress management strategies including increasing resilience ability