Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 412-416 , May 2011

Psychological well-being of Thai nursing students

  • Paul Ratanasiripong

      Affiliations

    • California State University, Long Beach, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling, California State University-Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
    • ,
  • Chia-Chih D.C. Wang

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA

,Accepted 5 August 2010.

References 

  1. Ahmadi J, Toobaee S, Alishahi M. Depression in nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2004;13:124
  2. Andrews DR, Wan TTH. The importance of mental health to the experience of job strain: an evidence-guided approach to improve retention. Journal of Nursing Management. 2009;17:340–351
  3. Beeber LS, Seeherunwong A, Schwartz T, Funk SG, Vongsirimas N. Validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in young women from Thailand and the USA. Thai Journal of Nursing Research. 2007;11:240–250
  4. Bennetts A, Shaffer N, Manopaiboon C, Chaiyakul P, Siriwasin W, Mock P, et al. Determinants of depression and HIV-related worry among HIV-positive women who have recently given birth, Bangkok, Thailand. Social Science & Medicine. 1999;49:737–749
  5. Brislin RW. Back-translation for cross-cultural research. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 1970;1:185–216
  6. Cheek JM. The Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (RCBS). Unpublished manuscript. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College; 1983;
  7. Cohen J. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum; 1988;
  8. Diener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffen S. The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1985;49:71–75
  9. Dzurec LC, Allchin L, Engler AJ. First-year nursing students' account of reasons for student depression. Journal of Nursing Education. 2007;46:545–551
  10. Fry AJ, Nguyen T. Culture and the self: implications for the perception of depression by Australian and Vietnamese nursing students. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1996;23:1147–1154
  11. Hatcher SL. Peer Programs on the College Campus—Developing and Administering Peer Counseling Program. San Jose, CA: Resource Publications; 1995;
  12. Kernan WD, Wheat ME. Nursing students' perceptions of the academic impact of various health issues. Nurse Educator. 2008;33:215–219
  13. Kling KC, Hyde JS, Showers CJ, Buswell BN. Gender differences in self-esteem: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin. 1999;125:470–500
  14. Kuptniratsaikul V, Chulakadabba S, Ratanavijitrasil S. An instrument for assessment of depression among spinal cord injury patients: comparison between CES-D and TDI. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 2002;85:978–983
  15. Leach LS, Christensen H, Mackinnon AJ, Windsor TD, Butterworth P. Gender differences in depression and anxiety across the adult lifespan: the role of psychosocial mediators. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2008;43:983–998
  16. Leiter MP, Maslach C. Nurse turnover: the mediating role of burnout. Journal of Nursing Management. 2009;17:331–339
  17. Luo Y, Wang H. Correlation research on psychological health impact on nursing students against stress, coping way, and social support. Nurse Education Today. 2009;29:5–8
  18. Murray MK. The nursing shortage. Past, present, and future. The Journal of Nursing Administration. 2002;32:79–84
  19. Naiyapatana W, Burnard P, Edwards D. Experience of stress among Thai nursing students: report of a qualitative descriptive study. Asian Journal of Nursing. 2008;11:80–88
  20. Nayeri ND, Negarandeh R, Vaismoradi M, Ahmadi F, Faghihzadeh S. Burnout and productivity among Iranian nurses. Nursing & Health Sciences. 2009;11:263–270
  21. Osaka R, Nanakorn S, Chusilp K. Cornell Medical Index: a comparative study on health problems among Thai and Japanese nursing students. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1998;29:293–298
  22. Preechawong S, Zauszniewski JA, Heinzer MM, Musil CM, Kercsmar C, Aswinanonh R. Relationships of family functioning, self-esteem, and resourceful coping of Thai adolescents with asthma. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 2007;28:21–36
  23. Radloff LS. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement. 1977;1:385–401
  24. Rella S, Winwood PC, Lushington K. When does nursing burnout begin? An investigation of the fatigue experience of Australian nursing students. Journal of Nursing Management. 2009;17:886–897
  25. Rosenberg M. Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 1965;
  26. Ross R, Zeller R, Srisaeng P, Yimmee S, Somchid S, Sawatphanit W. Depression, stress, emotional support, and self-esteem among baccalaureate nursing students in Thailand. International Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2005;2:0-15
  27. Ross R, Zeller R, Srisaeng P, Yimmee S, Sawatphanit W, Somchid S. Self-esteem, parent–child interaction, emotional support, and self-perception among Thai undergraduate nursing students. International Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2006;3:0-18
  28. Sasat S, Burnard P, Edwards D, Naiyapatana W, Hebden U, Boonrod W, et al. Self-esteem and student nurses: a cross-cultural study of nursing students in Thailand and the UK. Nursing & Health Sciences. 2002;4:9–14
  29. Seedat S, Scott KM, Angermeyer MC, Berglund P, Bromet EJ, Brugha TS, et al. Cross-national associations between gender and mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2009;66:785–795
  30. Srisaeng, P., 2003. Self-esteem, stressful life events, social support, and postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Thailand. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
  31. Steele R, Lauder W, Caperchione C, Anastasi J. An exploratory study of the concerns of mature access to nursing students and the coping strategies used to manage these adverse experiences. Nurse Education Today. 2005;25:573–581
  32. Sutcliffe CG, German D, Sirirojn B, Latkin C, Aramrattana A, Shrman SG, et al. Patterns of methamphetamine use and symptoms of depression among young adults in northern Thailand. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2009;101:146–151
  33. Tindall J, Black DR. Peer Programs—An In-Depth Look at Peer Programs: Planning, Implementation, and Administration. 2nd ed.. New York, NY: Routledge; 2008;
  34. Yang H, Zhou S. Relationship among adult attachment, parenting styles and self-esteem of female nursing students. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2008;16:189–191

PII: S0260-6917(10)00149-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.08.002

Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 412-416 , May 2011

Article Tools