TY  - JOUR
T1  - Death Anxiety and Psychological Resilience in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional and Correlational Study
TT  - Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Ölüm Anksiyetesi ve Psikolojik Dayanıklılık: Kesitsel ve Korelasyonel Bir Çalışma
AU  - Ayyıldız, Tülay
AU  - Özsavran, Musa
AU  - Yıldırım Tank, Dilek
AU  - Ergen Turan, Büşra
PY  - 2025
DA  - August
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.5961/higheredusci.1686543
JF  - Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
JO  - J Higher Edu Sci
PB  - Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-5959
SP  - 301
EP  - 309
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - This research explored the association between nursing students’ levels of death anxiety and psychological resilience.This study has a descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational design. The research sample comprised 729 students enrolled in the nursingdepartment at the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university situated in Türkiye. The “Descriptive Information Form”, the “Abdel-KhalekDeath Anxiety Scale”, and the “Adult Psychological Resilience Scale” were used as data collection tools in the study.The psychological resilience levels of the students had significant positive correlations with their age and class year. There was a negativerelationship between death anxiety and psychological resilience.It was concluded that if the psychological resilience of nursing students increases, their anxiety about death will decrease. Nursing studentsshould be informed and supported by their educators about how to cope with the death anxiety they experience while working withterminal patients in clinical internships, what methods to use, and the ways they can use to strengthen their coping with the condition ofpatients with death anxiety.
KW  - Nursing students
KW  - Death anxiety
KW  - Psychological resilience
N2  - Bu araştırmada hemşirelik bölümü öğrencilerinin ölüm anksiyetesi düzeyleri ile psikolojik sağlamlıkları arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir.Bu çalışma tanımlayıcı, kesitsel ve korelasyonel bir tasarıma sahiptir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye’de yer alan bir üniversitenin sağlıkbilimleri fakültesi hemşirelik bölümünde öğrenim gören 729 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak “Tanıtıcı BilgiFormu”, “Abdel-Khalek Ölüm Anksiyetesi Ölçeği” ve “Yetişkin Psikolojik Sağlamlık Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır.Öğrencilerin psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyleri ile yaşları ve sınıfları arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Ölüm anksiyetesiile psikolojik dayanıklılık arasında negatif bir ilişki bulunmuştur.Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin psikolojik dayanıklılıklarının artması durumunda ölüme ilişkin kaygılarının azalacağı sonucuna varılmıştır.Hemşirelik öğrencileri klinik stajlarda terminal dönemdeki hastalarla çalışırken yaşadıkları ölüm anksiyetesi ile nasıl baş edecekleri,hangi yöntemleri kullanacakları ve ölüm anksiyetesi olan hastaların durumu ile baş etmelerini güçlendirmek için kullanabilecekleri yollarkonusunda eğitimcileri tarafından bilgilendirilmeli ve desteklenmelidir.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.5961/higheredusci.1686543
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4817432
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