The effect of psychological and educational counselling in reducing anxiety in nursing students

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-392

  Sharif, F ^a   Armitage, P ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Counselling; Education; Nursing; Nursing students; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143126604     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2003.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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