title: Bullying from nursing: students' perspective.
abstract: The study was undertaken to identify the most frequent bullying behaviour encountered by the student nurses, the source that most frequently bullies them and the most frequent coping behaviour employed by them against the bullying. The descriptive research design involving a sample size of 200 nursing students was used for the study. The findings of the study revealed that the most frequent bullying behaviour was spreading of rumors or gossips, the sources that most frequently bullies them is their own classmates "No Response" is the most frequent coping behaviour employed by the student nurses. From this study it was very evident that the nursing students are also the victims of bullying.
authors.forename: Karesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult