Coping strategies of nursing students for dealing with university stress

Hirsch, Carolina Domingues; Barlem, Edison Luiz Devos; Almeida, Leda Karine de; Tomaschewski-Barlem, Jamila Geri; Figueira, Aline Beletti; Lunardi, Valéria Lerch

doi:10.1590/0034-7167.2015680503i

Carolina Domingues Hirsch

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Edison Luiz Devos Barlem CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Edison Luiz Devos Barlem. E-mail: ebarlem@gmail.com

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Leda Karine de Almeida

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Study and Research Unit in Nursing and Health. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-Barlem

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Aline Beletti Figueira

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Valéria Lerch Lunardi

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Edison Luiz Devos Barlem. E-mail: ebarlem@gmail.com

Factors	n	X
*Positive reappraisal*	146	1.67
c-63 I thought about someone I admire and used him or her as a model	143	1.69
c-23 I changed and grew as a person	144	1.95
c-15 I tried to look on the bright side of things	146	1.94
c-27 I looked for the silver lining	145	1.50
*Planning/resolution*	146	1.47
c-26 I made an action plan and followed it	145	1.60
c-35 I tried not to act too hastily or follow my first hunch	146	1.33
c-52 I came up with a couple of different solutions for the situation	141	1.51
*Escape*	143	1.91
c-58 I wished that the situation would go away or somehow be over with	143	1.99
c-55 I wished that I could change what had happened or how I felt	142	1.88
c-59 I had fantasies about how things would turn out, how they would unfold	141	1.75
c-57 I daydreamed or imagined a better place or time than the one I was in	143	1.74
c-51 I promised myself that things would be different next time	141	2.11
c-62 I went over in my mind what I would say or do	143	2.22
c-56 I changed something about myself	141	1.72
*Distancing*	146	1.40
c-04 I let time pass; the best thing I could have done was wait; time is the best remedy	145	1.37
c-32 I tried to forget the situation by resting or taking a vacation	146	1.05
c-16 I slept more than usual	145	1.48
c-03 I turned to work or another activity to take my mind off things	142	1.73
*Acceptance/resignation*	146	1.29
c-18 I accepted people's sympathy and understanding	145	1.72
c-64 I tried to see things from the other person's point of view	143	1.55
c-65 I reminded myself how much worse things could be	143	1.76
c-11 I hoped for a miracle	146	0.60
c-12 I accepted the situation, because nothing could be done	146	0.97
c-24 I waited to see what would happen before doing anything	144	1.20
*Denial of the problem and feelings*	146	1.18
c-14 I tried to keep my feelings to myself	146	1.55
c-37 I maintained my pride and kept a stiff upper lip	143	1.08
c-43 I kept others from knowing how bad the situation was	142	0.96
c-28 I let my feelings out somehow	146	1.65
c-40 I generally tried to avoid people	143	0.94
c-44 I made light of the situation; I refused to get too serious about it	141	0.87
*Social support*	146	1.43
c-07 I tried to persuade the person responsible to change his or her mind	146	1.05
c-08 I talked with another person(s) about the situation to try to find out more about it	145	1.99
c-31 I talked to someone who could do something concrete about the situation	146	1.49
c-42 I asked a friend or relative for advice	143	1.76
c-45 I talked to someone about how I was feeling	143	1.82
c-22 I sought professional help	142	0.53

*Positive reappraisal*
Age	n	X	^p
≥26	45	1.65	0.06
<26	96	1.67
Satisfaction	n	X	^p
Yes	129	1.70	0.39
No	15	1.45
Smoking	n	X	^p
No	138	1.67	0.01
Yes	8	1.61
Leisure	n	X	^p
No	32	1.51	0.35
Yes	11	1.72
Appropriate location	n	X	^p
No	33	1.52	0.04
Yes	111	1.72
Planning/resolution
First option	n	X	^p
Nursing	106	1.44	0.12
Medicine	21	1.33
Choice factors	n	X	^p
Other	7	1.33	0.12
Identification with course or area	137	1.47
Leisure	n	X	^p
No	32	1.32	0.03
Yes	111	1,51
*Escape/avoidance*
Leisure	n	X	^p
No	135	2.11	0.22
Yes	8	1.84
Has Internet	n	X	^p
No	9	1.79	0.18
Yes	132	1.90
*Distancing/distraction*
Has siblings	n	X	^p
No	28	1.49	0.13
Yes	117	1.39
Choice factors	n	X	^p
Other	7	1.78	0.00
Identification with course or area	137	1.38
*Acceptance/resignation*
Choice factors	n	X	^p
Other	7	1.71	0.02
Identification with course or area	137	1.27
*Denial of the problem and feelings*
Considered giving up	n	X	^p
No	73	1.04	0.50
Yes	70	1.33
Satisfied with the course	n	X	^p
Yes	129	1.14	0.14
No	15	1.54
Leisure	n	X	^p
No	32	1.34	0.13
Yes	111	1,14
Has Internet	n	X	^p
No	9	1.25	0.01
Yes	135	1.18
*Social support*
Has children	n	X	^p
No	121	1.46	0.31
Yes	25	1.31

Variable	Beta (β)	Sigma (σ)
Positive reappraisal	0.163	0.000
Planning/resolution	0.143	0.000
Escape/avoidance	0.341	0.000
Distancing/distraction	0.196	0.000
Acceptance/resignation	0.234	0.000
Denial of the problem and feelings	0.238	0.000

[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Edison Luiz Devos Barlem. E-mail: ebarlem@gmail.com

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Coping strategies of nursing students for dealing with university stress

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