Self-esteem and student nurses: a cross-cultural study of nursing students in Thailand and the UK.

Full Abstract

Self-esteem is a key feature in a person's perception of their own worth. This report is of a study of the reported self-esteem levels of two groups of student nurses:
one in Thailand and one in the UK. Purposive samples of 120 Thai students and 101 UK undergraduate nursing students were given the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory (CFSEI-2). The CFSEI-2 is a self-reported inventory, which measures an individual's perception of self. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of own self-esteem in undergraduate student nurses in the UK and in Thailand were comparable to the normal ranges of self-esteem as assessed by the instrument. An independent sample t-test revealed that there were no significant differences in mean overall and subscale self-esteem scores between UK and Thai nursing students. There were no indications of differences in levels of self-esteem for UK and Thai nursing students experiencing different parts of their training.

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Author/s: Sasat, Siriphan (S); Burnard, Philip (P); Edwards, Deborah (D); Naiyapatana, Wassana (W); Hebden, Una (U); Boonrod, Wallapa (W); Arayathanitkul, Bussarin (B); Wongmak, Waraporn (W);

Affiliation: Royal Thai Army Nursing College, Bangkok, Thailand.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Nursing & health sciences (Nurs Health Sci), published in Australia. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Mar-Jun; vol 4 (issue 1-2) : pp 9-14

Dates: Created 2002/06/26; Completed 2002/09/05; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12084018, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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