Author: Faculty of Nursing Science, St Theresa International College, Thailand Author for correspondence: email: somdee@stic.ac.th
關鍵詞
Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Counseling (MBTC); Mindfulness; Stress; Depression; Nursing Students
摘要
This one group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design aimed to compare mindfulness, stress and depression of nursing students, St Theresa International College on participating in Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Counseling (MBTC). The MBTC consisted of 8 worksheets for 12 sessions. Participants are consisted of 92 students of the second-year nursing students in the course of Ethics and Law in Nursing at the first semester of academic year 2016. Research instruments are included with: Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS-Thai)-Awareness; stress inventory; 9q depression questionnaires with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient reliability at .86, .87, and .71, respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and paired-samples t-test. The result revealed that the mean scores of mindfulness was statistically higher in significant than before participating the MBTC Program (t = -3.37, p < .01). However, the mean scores of stress and depression were not statistically significant. The results showed that the practice of MBTC can enhance mindfulness among nursing students. A recommendation for stakeholder of nursing education institutions should promote essential programs to enhance mindfulness for learning efficiency and to decrease negative mental health outcomes in nursing students.
目次
Introduction 26 Objectives 28 Hypothesis 28 Methodology of Research 28 Population and Sample 28 Material and Procedure 28 Results and Discussion 30 Recommendations 32 Acknowledgements 33 References 33
