title: Self-esteem and student nurses: a cross-cultural study of nursing students in Thailand and the UK.
abstract: Self-esteem is a key feature in a person's perception of their own worth. This report is of a study of the reported self-esteem levels of two groups of student nurses: one in Thailand and one in the UK. Purposive samples of 120 Thai students and 101 UK undergraduate nursing students were given the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory (CFSEI-2). The CFSEI-2 is a self-reported inventory, which measures an individual's perception of self. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of own self-esteem in undergraduate student nurses in the UK and in Thailand were comparable to the normal ranges of self-esteem as assessed by the instrument. An independent sample t-test revealed that there were no significant differences in mean overall and subscale self-esteem scores between UK and Thai nursing students. There were no indications of differences in levels of self-esteem for UK and Thai nursing students experiencing different parts of their training.
authors.affiliation: Royal Thai Army Nursing College, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Siriphan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasat
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burnard
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Wassana
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Naiyapatana
authors.forename: Una
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hebden
authors.forename: Wallapa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boonrod
authors.forename: Bussarin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arayathanitkul
authors.forename: Waraporn
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wongmak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand; D006113:United Kingdom