Department of Nursing, Joongbu University, Geumsan-gun, Chungnam, 32713, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Young-Sook Kwon, E-mail: yskwon@joongbu.ac.kr
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Interpersonal relationship ability is an important competency for nursing students. Therefore, there is need to explore and identify factors related to interpersonal relationship ability. This study was conducted to identify the influences of positive thinking and perceived stress on the ability for interpersonal relationship in nursing students.
Subjects consisted of 258 nursing students. The ability for interpersonal relationship was measured using the Relationship Change Scale (RCS). Positive thinking was evaluated with a tool consisting of 18 items. Stress was measured with the perceived stress scale (PSS).
The results of multiple regression analysis showed that positive thinking, perceived stress, and relationship with friends significantly predicted the ability for interpersonal relationships in nursing students, explaining 42.5% of variance.
Interpersonal relationship programs to facilitate positive thinking and reduce stress are recommended to improve the ability for interpersonal relationship among nursing students.
Interpersonalrelationship, Positive thinking, Stress, Nursing students, Friends
