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  • Article Code : FIRAT-AKADEMI-7969-4442
  • Article Type : Araştırma Makalesi
  • Publication Number : 4B0042
  • Page Number : 1-9
  • Doi : 10.12739/NWSA.2022.17.3.4B0042
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  • Year : 2022
  • Volume : 17
  • Issue : 3
  • Number of Articles Published : 1
  • Published Date : 1.07.2022

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Life Sciences

Serial Number : 4B
ISSN No. : 1308-7347
Release Interval (in a Year) : 4 Issues

Sevgi NEHİR1 , Erol Ozmen2

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THE EFFECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DISORDERS EDUCATION ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ATTITUDES OF NURSING STUDENTS

Sevgi NEHİR1 , Erol Ozmen2

The study was aimed at investigating the effects of mental health and disorders education on social distancing and attitudes of nursing students. This quasi-experimental study with the pre-test-post-test design was carried out in Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing in the 2020-2021 academic year. The study sample consisted of the fourth-year nursing students (n=68). In the study, the Participant Information Form, Beliefs towards Mental Illness Scale and Social Distance Scale were used to collect the study data. In the analysis of the data, numbers, percentage distribution and the paired samples t-test were used. The noteworthy finding of the study is that mental health disorders education can have a positive effect on social distancing even though it does not make a change in beliefs (p<0.05). After the training, the students' feelings of fear towards psychiatric patients decreased. The results of the study suggest that the curriculum of health education institutions should include both the theory and the practice about mental illnesses, and that arranging trainings aimed at raising public awareness can reduce negative beliefs about mental illnesses and social distancing.

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Mental Disorder, Social Distancing, Education, Nursing, Attitudes,

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Sevgi NEHİR (1) (Corresponding Author)
Manisa Celal Bayar University
sevginehir78@gmail.com | 0000-0003-1761-786X

Erol Ozmen (2)

erolozmen@yahoo.com | 0000-0002-5696-2685

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