title: Student nurses' perceptions of aggression: An exploratory study of defensive styles, aggression experiences, and demographic factors.
abstract: Throughout the clinical learning process, nursing students' perception of aggression might have implications in terms of their future professional behavior toward patients. Using a descriptive cross-sectional design, we investigated the relationships between student nurses' perceptions of aggression and their personal characteristics, defense styles, and a convenience sample of 1539 experiences of aggressive behavior in clinical practice. Information about the students' personal features, their clinical practice, and experiences of aggressive behavior was obtained by questionnaire. The Turkish version of the Perception of Aggression Scale and Defense Styles Questionnaire-40 were also used. Students were frequently exposed to verbal aggression from patients and their relatives. And perceived patient aggression negatively, perception of aggression were associated with sex, defense styles, feelings of safety, and experiences of aggressions during clinical practice. Of interest is the reality that student nurses should be prepared for untoward events during their training.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing Istanbul University, Istanbul, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Midwifery, Istanbul University, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Neslihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keser Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tulek
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Kafkas University, Kars.
authors.forename: Fadime
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Midwifery, Istanbul University, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Nur Elcin
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Boyacioglu
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing, Trakya University, Edirne.
authors.forename: Ozgul
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing, Meliksah University, Kayseri.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arguvanli Coban
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pazvantoglu
authors.affiliation: Health School, Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kubra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gumus
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Turkey; aggression; clinical practice; nursing students