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. 2022 Oct;58(4):1381-1387.
doi: 10.1111/ppc.12940. Epub 2021 Aug 27.

Nursing students' perceived stress: Interaction with emotional intelligence and self-leadership

Sevda Yildirim-Hamurcu  1 , Fusun Terzioglu  2
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Nursing students' perceived stress: Interaction with emotional intelligence and self-leadership

Sevda Yildirim-Hamurcu et al. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the current study was to determine how emotional intelligence and self-leadership levels could be related to perceived stress.

Design and methods: A total of 341 nursing students were enrolled in this descriptive correlational study. Study measures included a sociodemographic form, Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale, Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire, and Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students.

Findings: Results showed that ''assignments and workload'' as well as "taking care of patients" were the highest sources of stress in clinical training. The emotional intelligence and self-leadership levels had a significant negative correlation with the perceived stress.

Practice implications: Perceived stress affects students' academic and social success negatively. Therefore, it is important to develop students' emotional intelligence levels, self-leadership perceptions.

Keywords: emotional intelligence; nursing students; perceived stress; self-leadership.

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