Incivility Behavior and Coping Strategies as Perceived by Students in Faculty of Nursing - Damanhour University | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 258-274 PDF (310.7 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.409259 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Maha Sobhy Khedr1; Nevine Hassan Abd- El-Aal2; Wafaa Hassan Mostafa3 | ||||
1Demonstrator in Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Damnhour University, Egypt | ||||
2Professor in Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Damnhour University, Egypt | ||||
3Assistant Professor in Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Damnhour University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Incivility behavior in nursing education is a serious problem that is characterized by a violation of mutual respect norms in interpersonal interactions among students, faculty members and administrators. Therefore, there is an urgent need to address incivility behavior through using effective coping strategies. Aim: To identify incivility behavior and coping strategies as perceived by students in faculty of nursing, Damanhour University. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at all scientific departments at Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Subjects: Undergraduate nursing students who were actually enrolled at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years during the academic year 2022-2023 (n=365). Tools: two tools were used: incivility in nursing education - revised scale and academic coping strategies scale. Results: The majority (88.5%) of the studied nursing students had a high perception level toward total incivility behavior. Also, the coping strategies as perceived by the studied nursing students with different dimensions were moderate mean percent score ranked in descending order as follows: approach coping strategies, social support coping strategies and avoidance coping strategies. Conclusion: There were positive statistical significant weak correlations between total incivility behavior, approach coping strategies and social support coping strategies as perceived by the studied nursing students. Recommendations: Establishing and declaring discipline system, rules and regulations which direct professional academic behavior of nursing student and faculty member. Also, providing training programs for nursing students on adaptive coping strategies to improve their coping abilities when experiencing incivility behavior. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Incivility behavior; Coping strategies; Nursing education; Nursing students | ||||
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