Academic Motivation and Professional Attitudes of Nursing Students Exposed to the Earthquake: A Case-Control Study
Aim: Natural disasters, which cause material and moral losses, can cause mental distress in individuals. Mental distress, such as stress and anxiety that may be experienced after the earthquake, may have adverse effects on the focusing capacity and motivation of individuals. The study was conducted...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association of Nurse Managers
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=shyd&un=SHYD-01069 |
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| Summary: | Aim: Natural disasters, which cause material and moral losses, can cause mental distress in individuals. Mental distress, such as stress and anxiety that may be experienced after the earthquake, may have adverse effects on the focusing capacity and motivation of individuals. The study was conducted to determine the levels of academic motivation and occupational attitudes of students exposed to earthquakes.
Method: The case-control study was conducted with nursing students of a university. While 81 students exposed to the earthquake constituted the case group, 106 were the control group. Student Information Form, Academic Motivation Scale, and Attitude Towards Nursing Profession Scale were used to collect the data. The data was used to analyse percentage, mean, standard deviation, Student's t-test, ANOVA, Tukey post hoc test, and chi-square.
Results: In the study, the psychological effects of the earthquake were significantly higher (X2=5.576, p<0,05) in the students exposed to the earthquake. The mean total score of academic motivation was higher in the case (Mean=69.90, SD=12.29) and control groups (Mean=68.75, SD=10.45). In addition, it was determined that the students in the case (Mean=3.87, SD=0.44) and control (Mean=3.92, SD=0.45) groups had a positive attitude towards the nursing profession in all three sub-dimensions with the total mean score of the attitude scale. When comparing case and control groups, no significant difference was found between academic motivation and attitude towards the nursing profession scale. The mean score of the academic motivation scale of the students who stated that their academic motivation changed negatively with the earthquake was significantly lower than those who stated that their academic motivation did not change or change positively (p<0,05).
Conclusion: The study showed that the earthquake did not affect students' academic motivation and professional attitudes. |
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| ISSN: | 2149-018X |