Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety of Nursing Student

Chung, Bok-Yae; An, Hyo-Ja

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2006;12(2):224-228.
Published online December 31, 2006.

Chung, Bok-Yae;An, Hyo-Ja;

¹SeoDaegu Daedong Hospital, Daegu Polytechnic College
²Department of Nursing, Kyungpook National University

간호학생의 자아존중감과 대인불안

정복례, 안효자

¹서대구 대동병원, 대구산업정보대학 간호과
²경북대학교 간호학과

Abstract

Purpose
This study was to identify the nursing students' self-esteem and social anxiety to provide the data for their interpersonal relations. Method: The subjects of study were the 433 nursing students of the junior colleges around a city and a province, Korea. The data were collected from Dec. 7 to Jun. 9, 2006. The instrument for the study was questionnaire consisted on the general characteristics, Interaction Anxiousness Scale by Leary, and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale by Rosenberg. Result: The results of this research were as follows : The mean scores of self-esteem and social anxiety were respectively 28.65 and 38.38. The correlation between self-esteem and social anxiety was shown the significantly negative correlation(r=-.286, p=.000). According to the general characteristics, there were shown the significant differences in grades and ages in self-esteem. There were shown the significant differences in grades, types of next stage of education, and religions in social anxiety. Conclusion: The results of this study could be attributed to improve the interrelationship of nursing students because self-esteem and social anxiety are essential in building and maintaining the desirable personal relations.

Key Words: Nursing student, Self-esteem, Anxiety