title: Effect of a creative-bonding intervention on Taiwanese nursing students' self-transcendence and attitudes toward elders.
abstract: Nursing students worldwide have little interest in caring for a growing elder population. The purpose of this study, based on self-transcendence theory, was to test the effectiveness of a creative-bonding intervention (CBI) to promote self-transcendence and positive attitudes towards elders in Taiwanese nursing students. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare a CBI group (n = 100) with a friendly visit (FV) control group (n = 94). ANCOVA results indicated that after the intervention, the CBI group had significantly more positive attitudes towards elders than the FV group. Nursing school faculty may want to promote art-making activities between students and elders to foster students' interest in elder care.
authors.affiliation: National Tainan Institute of Nursing, Tianan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shiue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001154:Art; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002321:Career Choice; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003405:Creativity; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009769:Object Attachment; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult