The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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The effects of academic stress, social network service addiction tendency, and upward social comparison on depression in nursing students

간호대학생의 학업스트레스, 소셜네트워크서비스 중독경향, 상향비교성향이 우울에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Seungmi (Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung Lim (Department of Nursing, Daejeon University) ;
  • Yu, Soo-Young (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2023.01.06
  • Accepted : 2023.01.27
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this descriptive study was to identify the factors influencing depression risk among South Korean nursing students. Methods: The data were collected from nursing students attending two universities through web-based questionnaires that surveyed them about depression, academic stress, social network service (SNS) addiction tendency, and upward social comparison from August 22 to September 4, 2021. The collected data from 196 nursing students were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression. Results: The mean score of depression (using CES-D Korean version) among nursing students was 13.91, which denotes probable depression. Concerning the variance with regard to depression among nursing students, 20.2% was explained by clinical practice period, academic stress, and upward social comparison. Conclusion: Programs to relieve academic stress and depression should be developed in a simple way and systematically provided at the organizational level so that nursing students secure sufficient support during the initial and continuing period of clinical practicums. Concomitantly, an attempt to reduce the upward social comparison should be highly considered.

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This research was supported by Chungbuk National University Korea National University Development Project (2021).

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