Nursing students’ psychological well-being and coping during the COVID-19 quarantine

Mafalda Sofia da Silva, Goreti Filipa Marques, Ana Catarina Reis, Tânia Lourenço*, Rita Abreu-Figueiredo, Maria Luísa Gonçalves, Maria Luísa Santos

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has brought about changes in the lives of higher education students that may influence their psychological well-being. Objective: To analyze the association between nursing students’ coping strategies and their psychological well-being during the COVID-19 quarantine. Methodology: Cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study using a convenience sample of 136 students. Data were collected online using the Portuguese version of the Échelle de Mesure des Mani-festations du Bien-être Psychologique and the Brief COPE. Results: Students in the last years of their undergraduate studies used the instrumental support (p = 0.015) and emotional support (p = 0.009) coping strategies more often and had higher levels of psychological well-being (p = 0.012). Psychological well-being is associated with household income changes (p = 0.024), as well as with religion (r = 0.36; p ≤ 0.01), positive reframing (r = 0.47; p ≤ 0.01), and humor (r = 0.37; p ≤ 0.01) coping strategies. Conclusion: Students’ coping strategies seem to be associated with their psychological well-being during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Translated title of the contributionBem-estar psicológico e coping em estudantes de enfermagem durante a quarentena pela COVID-19
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere20211
Number of pages8
JournalReferência
Volume2021
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Adaptation, psychological
  • Coronavirus
  • Pandemics
  • Quarantine
  • Students, nursing

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