Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of clinical practice stress, and anger expression on assertive behavior among nursing students. A total of 173 nursing students participated in this study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaires including demographic characteristics, clinical practice stress, anger expression and assertive behavior from July 8, 2021 to August 28, 2021 in Daegu·Gyeongbuk in South Korea. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple stepwise regression with SPSS 21.0 program. The influencing factors of assertive behavior of nursing students were anger-in of anger expression and external regulators and situational characteristics of clinical practice stress. Also, these factors explained 22% of the variance in assertive behavior of nursing students. The results suggest that it is necessary that develop educational strategies to decrease clinical practice stress and control anger in enhancing assertive behavior of nursing students.
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