Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program on the Knowledge of Emotional Resilience

among Nursing Undergraduate students of a selected Nursing College of Hyderabad.

Anumol Joseph(1) , Shiny P.T.(2) , Pragati Robin(3)

Assistant Professor(1),Lecturer(2) Vijay Marie College Of Nursing, Hyderabad, Assistant

Professor(3), Bethany College of Nursing, Bhilai, Chattisgarh

INTRODUCTION :

Emotional resilience is the ability to adapt to stressful situations and cope with life’s ups and
downs. The word ‘resilience’ comes from the Latin ‘resilio’ meaning to bounce back. Resilience
does not eliminate stress or erase life’s difficulties, but allows you to tackle or accept problems,
live through adversity and move on with life.[1]

https://warwick.ac.uk/services/counselling/informationpages/emotional_resilience/

Emotional resilience refers to one’s ability to adapt to stressful situations or crises. More
resilient people are able to "roll with the punches" and adapt to adversity without lasting
difficulties; less resilient people have a harder time with stress and life changes, both major and
minor. [1]

David Viscott (1997) argues that “when individuals are seen to have an emotional breakdown as
a result of stress, what is really happening is their emotional resilience has reached a breaking
point. Therefore managing emotional resilience and protecting this process from disruptions
and disturbances is an important part of helping individuals lead to a consistent and happy
mental life.” [2]

Fredrickson et al (2001) have noticed that there is a link between emotional resilience and
education. Individuals who have gained higher qualifications develop a greater degree of
emotional resilience from those with limited educational experiences. This could mean that
emotional resilience develops because of the ability to intellectually deal with and reconfigure
psychological factors as well as the way in which they lead to the development of resilience. [3]

Need of The Study:

Resilience is not a quality that you either do or do not possess; there are varying degrees how
well a person is able to handle stress. Students are more in contact with stress and emotional
instability. Nursing students pursue the career with chaos and get confused with the practicality
and procedures.
 METHODOLOGY

The research approach selected for the present study was Quantitative approach. A quasi
experimental research design was adapted with one group pre test post test design. The study
was conducted in a selected nursing college of Hyderabad. The sample size was 32. The sample
chosen for the study was B.Sc nursing 1 st year students. Convenient sampling technique was
used. The researchers prepared content on Emotional Resilience which included dimensions
elements, importance, ways of building resilience qualities of a resilient individual emotional
intelligence and its significance, managing stress during exams and mindfulness. The teaching
was given through lecture cum discussion and the audio visual aid used was PowerPoint
presentation.

RESULTS

Table 1: Frequency and percentage distribution of samples by their demographic

characteristics.

S.NO DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

1. AGE a. 18 16 50
b. 19 14 44
c. 20 2 6
d. 20 &above 0 0

2. RELIGION a. Hindu 9 28
b. Muslim 3 9
c. Christian 20 63
d. Others 0 0

3. FAMILY a. nuclear 25 78
b. joint 7 22
c. extended family 0 0
d. single parent 0 0

4. EDUCATION OF a. No formal education 4 12.5

MOTHER
b. Primary education 4 12.5
c. High school 4 12.5
d. Graduation 18 56.25
 e. Post graduation 2 6.25

5. EDUCATION OF
a. No formal education 6 19
FATHER
b. Primary education 8 25
c. High school 7 22
d. Graduation 9 28
e. Post graduation 2 6

The above table 1 majority of the samples who participated in the study were of age eighteen
16(50%), and were Christians 20(63%). Most of them belonged to nuclear family 2(78%).

Table 2: Mean, mean difference, standard deviation of effectiveness of structured teaching

program (n=32)

S.no Tests Mean Mean Standard

Difference Deviation
1 Pre test 12.4 1.24
2 Post test 16.5 4.1 0.78

The above table2 shows that pre test and the post test scores revealed that the mean of pre
test was 12.4 with SD 1.24 and post test score revealed mean of 16.5 with SD 0.78.

Table 3: Effectiveness Of Teaching Program On The Knowledge Of Emotional Resilience

Pretest Post test Paired t-test Df Table t value P value

mean mean
12.4 16.5 18.6 31 2.05 0.05
The above table 3 showed pre test mean scores were 12.4 and the post test mean scores were
16.5. Paired “t” test value was 18.6 and table value is 2.05 at 0.05 and the df is 31.

Table 4: Association between post test and selected demographic variables

(n=32)

S.No Demographi Chi square df Table value Test of

c variables significance
1 Age 3.39 4 9.49 NS
2 Religion 4 4 12.59 NS
3 Type of 0.58 4 9.49 NS
family

DISCUSSION

Emotional resilience is complicated with many determining factors and a number of

manifestations. It has been widely recognized for its impact of the personality and is one of the
elements of an individual’s ability to keep a good level of mental health. When the process is
disturbed in emotional resilience there are more changes that a person is not able to build a
strong resilience. This can lead to more mental health problems. The ability to cope with
problems becomes much harder. There may be cases of not being able to cope at all. There
could be more problems created and rare solutions because of the disturbance in the process.
Therefore creating ideas and solutions will be limited in order to help people build resilience.
Some therapies fit with resilience and certain therapies may not be useful as the mind will not
be able to cope with making the changes.

CONCLUSION

The student nurses face a drift from school and family surroundings to college and hostel
atmosphere which is a dynamic transition in their lives demanding personal and academic
fulfillment. It is during this novice period they experience lot of emotional upheavals’ and find it
difficult to cope with the trivial matters. The knowledge about emotional resilience will help
them to face the challenges of life with optimism and it would help them to use their problem
solving skills and to solve complex problems in life.
Ethical clearance: ethical clearance was not required. Permission was obtained from the
principal of the nursing college.

Source Of Funding: no funding was required.

Conflict Of Interest: Nil

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