Post Traumatic Growth During COVID-19 Outbreak and the Affecting Factors: Results of a Cross‐Sectional Study among Turkish Nursing Students

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 199 - 205, 01.05.2022

Esin Cerit , Veysel Kaplan

https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.1002238

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine posttraumatic growth of nursing students during COVID-19 pandemic and the affecting factors. This study is a descriptive and cross‐sectional study. The sample of the study consisted of 402 nursing students. The data were collected using a self-report questionnaire and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. The analyses showed that there was a significant difference between PTG scores of the students by variables such as gender, economic situation, smoking/alcohol use, having a chronic disease, things enjoyed during the pandemic and the situations in which individuals were most affected during the pandemic. This determination indicates that activities should be included in nursing programs to encourage the students to have more positive developments in their lives.

Keywords

COVID-19, Pandemic, Nursing students, Posttraumatic growth

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