Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)

Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing (한국지역사회간호학회)
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Comparison of Anger Expression, Assertive Behavior, and Self-esteem between a Nursing Student Group and an Educational Student Group

간호대학교 학생과 교육대학교 학생의 분노표현, 주장행동 및 자아존중감 비교

  • Sung, Ki-Wol (Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Kwag, Oh-Gye (Department of Nursing, Kyungwoon University) ;
  • Lee, Won-Hee (Daegu National University of Education)
  • 성기월 (대구가톨릭대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 곽오계 (경운대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이원희 (대구교육대학교 교육학과)
  • Received : 2009.08.06
  • Accepted : 2009.12.21
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to compare the degree of anger expression, assertive behavior, and self-esteem between a nursing student group and an educational student group, and to identify factors affecting their self-esteem. Methods: This study adopted the descriptive comparative design. Data were collected by interviewing 97 nursing students and 89 educational students from three nursing schools and one educational school in Daegu, Korea from November to December, 2008. Results: Major findings of this study were as follows. 1) The educational student group had a higher self-esteem score than the nursing student group. 2) There were significant correlations among anger expression, assertive behavior, and self-esteem. 3) Self-esteem was significantly associated with Grade Point Average (GPA) and assertive behavior in the nursing student group with 17.2% variance, and with assertive behavior and anger-out in the educational student group with 24.1% variance. Conclusion: These results may contribute to better understanding of hurt, anger expression, assertive behavior, and self-esteem in nursing students and educational students. Based on the results, there, it is required to develop programs that prompt students' self-esteem.

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