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 Volume 9, Issue 12 (December 2022), Pages: 108-113

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 Original Research Paper

Level of perceived stress and coping styles through positive mental health among nursing students in Hail, Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Hamdan Albaqawi *, Bander Albagawi, Vincent Butcon, Salman Alsaqri, Petelyne Pangket

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-9669

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.12.014

 Abstract:

This study aims to determine the level of stress and the coping style through positive mental health status among student nurses. Further, it aimed to look into the relationship between the level of stress and positive mental health. The study was conducted at the University of Hail, College of Nursing using the descriptive cross-sectional approach. Data was gathered in three months from November to January 2020 through a self-administered questionnaire. There were 175 student nurses who participated in the study as a result of simple random sampling. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the demographic characteristics of the nursing students, perceived stress, and positive mental health. T-test was used to determine differences in age, gender, marital status, and academic program while one-way ANOVA was used at an academic level. Pearson’s product moment of correlation was used to establish a relationship between perceived stress and positive mental health. Results revealed a moderate level of stress (Mean=24; SD=5.83) and a restrained Positive mental health status (Mean=103 SD=11.78) among the student nurses. Gender (p=.017) showed significance in terms of positive mental health status. There is no significant relationship (p=0.987) between Positive Mental Health and Perceived Stress among the nursing students in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Saudi nursing students experienced moderate to high levels of stress and a moderate level of positive mental health. Gender is significant in positive mental health. As no correlation was deemed between perceived stress and positive mental health, enhancement of coping strategies is recommended to train student nurses to handle stress and promote positive mental health.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Positive mental health status, Perceived stress, Student nurses

 Article History: Received 8 June 2022, Received in revised form 2 September 2022, Accepted 2 September 2022

 Acknowledgment 

The authors acknowledge the support of the Scientific Research Deanship at the University of Hai’l, Saudi Arabia in funding this project with grant number 160559.

 Funding 

This research was funded by the Scientific Research Deanship at the University of Ha’il Saudi Arabia through project number 160559.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical consideration: 

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Ha’il, where standard procedures for data collection and storage are employed for the protection of respondents’ information according to the guidelines of the Standing Committee for Research Ethics on Living Creatures. These involved (a) voluntariness to participate in the study, (b) withdrawal at any time for any reason, (c) anonymity of the respondents, and (d) data security.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Albaqawi H, Albagawi B, Butcon V, Alsaqri S, and Pangket P (2022). Level of perceived stress and coping styles through positive mental health among nursing students in Hail, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(12): 108-113

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