Chinese students are the biggest ethnic group of international students in the United States. This study aims to develop a reliable and valid scale to accurately measure their acculturative stress. A 72-item pool was sent online to Chinese students and a five-factor scale of 32 items was generated by exploratory factor analysis. The five factors included language insufficiency, social isolation...

stress is not always a direct result of stressful conditions, but rather the way they are perceived. thus individual variables that may be associated with perceived stress should be examined in stress studies. this study investigates the intermediary role of self-efficacy in relation with stress, glycosylated haemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with type2 diabetes.all wom...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To measure and compare the perceived levels of job-related stress and stressors of newly qualified nurses and fourth-year student nurses in the clinical environment and to explore the participants' views on stress and stressors. BACKGROUND Stress in the nursing workplace has significant consequences for the person, the patient and the organisation, such as psychological an...

Aims To identify the types of interventions that are effective in reducing stress in student nurses, and to make recommendations for future research. Background Student nurses experience significant stress during their training and this may contribute to sickness, absence and attrition. Given the global shortage of nurses and high drop-out rates amongst trainees, the importance for developing s...

BACKGROUND The experience of race-related stressors is associated with physiological stress responses. However, much is unknown still about the complex relationship between how race-related stressors are perceived and experienced and potential moderators such as strength of racial identity. PURPOSE This research examines the impact of a real-life stressor and strength of race identity on phys...

It is increasingly common for universities to offer financial education or life skills courses as electives. However, less known about the potential impacts of these on factors beyond literacy, such attitudes, stress, well-being. Our study explores topics using a unique sample 370 undergraduate students, half whom opted enroll in and complete course did not. We explore various aspects student l...

BACKGROUND Resilience is required to succeed academically, overcome challenges during clinical training and cope positively with stress in future professional life. With medical students at high risk of mental illness, socially accountable medical schools are seeking to foster student resilience. This exploratory study proposes a conceptual framework for student resilience in longitudinal integ...