Positive and negative affects in undergraduate Nursing students

• Main Author: Silva, Daniel Augusto da
• Publication Date: 2021
• Other Authors: Santos, João Emanuel Ribeiro, Lucio, Lisley Galvão, Rosa, Ana Paula Teixeira, Silva, Elizete Mello da, Silva, Rosângela Gonçalves da, Almeida, Caroline Lourenço de
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Research, Society and Development
• Download full: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/13506
• topic: Nursing; Nursing students; College education; Emotions.; Enfermería; Estudiantes de enfermería; Educación universitaria; Emociones.; Enfermagem; Estudantes de Enfermagem; Educação superior; Emoções.

Objective: to understand the positive and negative affects experienced by undergraduate nursing students. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, epidemiological, quantitative study, with 59 undergraduate nursing students, enrolled in a higher education institution in a city in the central-west of the state of São Paulo. Data were collected between the months of September and October 2018, through a semi-structured questionnaire, prepared by the authors, to characterize the participants regarding the sociodemographic variables and the application of the Positive and Negative Affections Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential ANOVA one factor, with the intensity of experimentation of each affect as a dependent variable, and sociodemographic variables as predictors. The level of significance adopted for the analyzes of this study was p <0.05. Results: The participants had a general average of 4.3 and a mode of 3.8 for the intensity of positive affects, and a general average of 3.4 and a mode of 3.2 for intensity of negative affects. In the analysis of positive affects, there was a greater intensity of positive affects in heterosexuals (p = 0.012); presence of children (p = 0.035); and absence of mental disorders (p = 0.006). Negative affects showed a higher intensity of negative affects in the presence of mental disorders (p = 0.003). Final considerations: Positive affects are more present than negative affects in undergraduate nursing students. This situation may be related to feelings of enthusiasm, fulfillment and expectations about the future and improvement in the living conditions dreamed of entering higher education.