Title

Assessment of self-Esteem and academic stress among nursing students

Authors

Buvaneswari Ramakrishnan¹, R.Devikrishna¹, B.Mahalakshmi^2,*, M. Monisha³, M. Baskaran⁴, N. Siva Subramanian⁵ & D Jeya Beulah⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641048; ²Department of Pediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315; India; ³Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Shree Venkateshwara College of Nursing, Erode - 638455; ⁴Department of Psychiatric Nursing, PSG college of Nursing, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641004; ⁵Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315; India; ⁶Department of Community health Nursing, SCPM College of Nursing & Paramedical Sciences, Gonda, Uttarpradesh-271003; *Corresponding author

Email

B. Mahalakshmi - E - mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Buvaneswari Ramakrishnan - E - mail: buvaneswari@ kmchcon.ac.in
N Sivasubramanian - E - mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

R. Devikrishna - E - mail: devikrishna2211@gmail.com
M. Baskaran - E - mail: Baskaran.m@psgnursing.ac.in

M. Monisha - E - mail: Shamur0999@gmail.com

Jeya Beulah. D - E - mail: Jeya.beulah.09@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Abstract

Self-esteem is a crucial psychological factor influencing how individuals handle stress, particularly in challenging academic settings. This study aimed to assess the relationship between self-esteem and academic stress among nursing students. A quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive design was employed, with 243 nursing students from various year levels at College of Nursing in Puducherry. Data were collected using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Scale for Assessing Academic Stress (SAAS). Descriptive and inferential statistics, including chi-square tests, were used for analysis. Indicated that 66.7% of students exhibited normal self-esteem, while 50.2% experienced moderate academic stress. Significant associations were found between academic stress and factors such as age, year of study and place of stay. Notably, senior students reported higher stress and lower self-esteem.

Keywords

Self-esteem, academic stress, nursing students, rosenberg self-esteem scale

Citation

Ramakrishnan et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 1886-1889 (2024)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.