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by Raquel Borges-Garcia.
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2010
Description
Past research has found that among traumatized undergraduate women, proactive coping style was independently negatively associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity. It also shows that nurses experience many work-related traumas. The present study tests the PTSD symptom level in nursing students and measured whether proactive coping and other personality variables could successfully buffer the effects of trauma. This study found a surprisingly low PTSD symptom level among the nursing students though they reported several distressing traumas. Also surprising, participants reported more distress from traumas relating to verbal abuse than to traumas relating to death and/or severe injury. Proactive coping, optimism, and self-esteem were negatively related to PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Further research will be needed to support these findings.
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v, 48 p. : ill.
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779177300
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779177300
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Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
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by Raquel Borges-Garcia.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2010.
Includes ibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Date Backup
2010
Date Text
2010
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2010
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FADT3334254
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multipart monograph
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Attributed name: Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Borges-Garcia, Raquel.
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electronic resource
v, 48 p. : ill.
Title Plain
Just grin and bear it?
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Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
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2010
multipart monograph
Florida Atlantic University
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FBoU FAUER
Title
Just grin and bear it?
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Just grin and bear it?
proactive coping and PTSD in nursing students