Attitude of Nursing Students towards Ragging and its Perceived Psychological Disturbances in Selected Nursing Colleges at Mangalore

Today, almost all countries of the world have enacted stern laws that ban ragging. But sadly, India, which inherited ragging as a legacy, has not been able to free itself from the clutches of this inhuman practice. It can be said, without any room for doubt, that the worst form of ragging is committed in India. Ragging doesn't teach freshers to be bold or smart, and is not helpful to build a strong character. Ragging in Indian colleges is still a brutal reality despite all the claims and rules made by the Indian government. We still have long way to go before the menace of ragging in India stops completely. Hence a study was conducted to determine the Attitude of nursing students towards ragging and its perceived psychological disturbances. A non experimental descriptive research design was used to study 100 nursing students from five private nursing colleges in Mangalore, selected by disproportionate stratified random sampling technique. The data was collected using Attitude scale and perceived psychological disturbances scale on ragging. The analysis revealed that maximum percentage (67%) had favorable Attitude and least (33%) had unfavorable Attitude towards ragging. Maximum percentage (66%) of the students had mild psychological disturbances and 33% had moderate psychological disturbances and only 1% had severe psychological disturbances due to ragging. Sex and religion among the demographic variables had significant association with Attitude scores.