A study on the social adaptability of nursing speciality college students / 中国行为医学科学

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn about the average development tendency and level of the social adaptability of undergraduate students and students of diploma degree of nursing speciality,and to provide reference and guidance to numing speciality students in their career planning.Methods A survey was made with the Social Adaptability of Nursing Speciality College Students Questionnaire designed by the authors on 1007 randomly selected nursing speciality students of undergraduate and diploma level in Tianjin and Guangzhou.Results As for first-year undergraduate students,the social adaptability of those from cities is significantly higher than that of those from countryside families(t=3.08,P＜0.01);while for the third-year diploma degree and the fifth-year undergraduate urban students,their social adaptability is significantly lower than that of students from countryside who are in the same grades(t=11.24,P＜0.01;t=2.14,P＜0.05).As to the total score on social adaptability,the mean-value of students from southern parts of China is higher than that of students from northern parts(t=2.16,P＜0.05);students from one-child families are significantly lower than students from more-than-one-child families(t=2.20.P＜0.05);students from families of high and medium level educational backgrounds is significantly higher than that of students from junior middle school and even lower level educational backgrounds families.Subscale comparisonthe mean-value of students from southern parts of China is only higher than that of students from northern parts on relationship ability(t=0.39,P＞0.05).As for the Life Self-care subscale and the Frustration Endurance Subscale,the mean-values of those only-child students are significantly lower than students from more-than-one-child families(t=7.28,P＜0.05;t=1.53,P＞0.05),however,the mean-value of the former group students in term of stress reaction capability is significantly higher than students of the latter group(t=3.79,P＞0.05).Conclusion Different family backgrounds and different education level of the parents can both affect the social adaptability of nursing speciality college students.