Nursing Students’ Self-Esteem

What is it about?

Sometimes self-esteem is used to refer to a personality variable that represents the way in which people generally fell about themselves. This form of self-esteem is called global self-esteem. But sometimes it is used to the way people evaluate their various abilities and attributes. For example, a person who doubts his ability in school may be said to have low academic self-esteem.5 In the various theoretical perspectives on self-esteem, most researchers offer differing explanations. For instance, from the socio-cultural perspective, self-esteem is an attitude that the person has about her or himself, whilst from a behavioral perspective self-esteem means a construct or an acquired quality. Meanwhile, from a humanistic perspective, self-esteem refers to an individual’s skill to live, respect and accept his view of himself. Nursing is a profession with a particular body of knowledge which is drawn from the social, behavioral and physical sciences. Considering the importance of the concept of self-esteem in relation to academic study and specifically within the unique context of nursing education; and also the fact that different paradigms have somehow defined self-esteem, a question arises: what are the aspects and characteristics of the concept of self-esteem for nursing students?

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Why is it important?

The concept of self-esteem has several definitions in different paradigms. Nursing has a unique and combined paradigm; therefore it is necessary to explore nursing students’ understanding of the concept of self-esteem

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