1Assisstant Professor, College of Nursing, Mohandai Oswal Cancer Hospital (MOH), Ludhiana
2Professor cum Principal, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
3Assisstant Professor, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
*Corresponding author: Kanika Sharma, Assisstant Professor, MOH College of Nursing, Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Hospital Ludhiana. M: 9872770241, E-mail: skanu15@yahoo.com
Anger is an internal, mental, subjective feeling state with associated cognitions and physiological arousal patterns. It is an emotional state that consist of feelings that vary in intensity, from mild irritation or annoyance to intense fury and rage. Anger overcome us when something goes wrong or we think something has gone wrong. Anger can lead to problems in work, in one's personal relationshiops, and in the overall quality of one's life. (Butter F, 2005)1
To assess the anger and coping behaviours adopted by Nursing Students and to prepare the guidelines on adaptive coping behaviours.
Quantitative resrch approach was used to assess anger and coping behaviours among students of selected nursing institute, Ludhiana Punjab. Non -Experimental research design was utilized. The sample size for the study was 210 nursing students selected by simple random sampling technique. Modified State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) tool was used to assess the Anger and structured Coping behaviours checklist was used to assess the coping behaviours adopted by students.
Majority of students (53.8%) had mild level of anger followed by (42.4%) had moderate level and minimum (3.8%) had severe anger. Majority of students (84.8%) had adaptive coping behaviours for anger whereas (15.2%) students had maladptive coping behaviours. There was negative correlation (−0.559) and inverse relationship between anger and coping behaviours. Hence higher the anger lowers the coping behaviours.
Present study revealed that maximum number of nursing students had mild anger and adaptive coping behaviours. There was moderately negative correlation between anger and coping behaviours. There was statistically significant effect of anger with selected variables like year of study, and type of family. There was statistically significant effect of coping behaviours with selected variables like age, year of study, and religion.
Anger, Coping Behaviour, Nursing Students
