Motivational Interviewing Strategy: Its Effect on University Nursing Students' Assertiveness
Fatma Ata Abd El-Salihen Nosir;
Abstract
ssertiveness is an interpersonal behavior that promotes
equality in human relationships by assisting individuals
to express their rights, thoughts and feelings while recognizing
and respecting the others' rights. The nurse need to be assertive
to develop professional, mindset that allows the nurse to act in
the best interests of self, patients and members of health team
by expressing honest feelings comfortably and without undue
anxiety (Thomas, 2010).
In addition, assertiveness training teaches skills which
empower student nurses to handle difficult personal, social and
professional situations in a way which does not violate their
rights. Assertiveness refers to a subcategory of social skills in
which the skills in which the emphasis is on the ability to
express both positive and negative feelings in the interpersonal
context without suffering consequent loss of social
reinforcement (Eskin, 2003).
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a directive, clientcentered
counseling style for eliciting behavior change by
helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence (Shannon et
al., 2003). Motivational interviewing is designed to establish an
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Summary
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individual’s autonomous motivation and allows her or him to
define a personally relevant change process (Emmons &
Rollnick, 2001).
Aim of the Study:
This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of
motivational interviewing strategy on university nursing
students' assertiveness.
Research Setting:
The study was conducted at the Psychiatric/ Mental Health
Nursing Department - Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams
University.
Research Subjects:
The subjects of this study included 60 nursing students',
the number of the reliability of this study included 30 nursing
students' and the number of the pilot study included 6 nursing
students' from a total number of 96 students’ nurses undergoing
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing course in the second
semester of the academic year 2012-/2013.
Summary
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equality in human relationships by assisting individuals
to express their rights, thoughts and feelings while recognizing
and respecting the others' rights. The nurse need to be assertive
to develop professional, mindset that allows the nurse to act in
the best interests of self, patients and members of health team
by expressing honest feelings comfortably and without undue
anxiety (Thomas, 2010).
In addition, assertiveness training teaches skills which
empower student nurses to handle difficult personal, social and
professional situations in a way which does not violate their
rights. Assertiveness refers to a subcategory of social skills in
which the skills in which the emphasis is on the ability to
express both positive and negative feelings in the interpersonal
context without suffering consequent loss of social
reinforcement (Eskin, 2003).
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a directive, clientcentered
counseling style for eliciting behavior change by
helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence (Shannon et
al., 2003). Motivational interviewing is designed to establish an
A
Summary
139
individual’s autonomous motivation and allows her or him to
define a personally relevant change process (Emmons &
Rollnick, 2001).
Aim of the Study:
This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of
motivational interviewing strategy on university nursing
students' assertiveness.
Research Setting:
The study was conducted at the Psychiatric/ Mental Health
Nursing Department - Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams
University.
Research Subjects:
The subjects of this study included 60 nursing students',
the number of the reliability of this study included 30 nursing
students' and the number of the pilot study included 6 nursing
students' from a total number of 96 students’ nurses undergoing
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing course in the second
semester of the academic year 2012-/2013.
Summary
140
Other data
| Title | Motivational Interviewing Strategy: Its Effect on University Nursing Students' Assertiveness | Other Titles | إستراتيجية المقابلات التحفيزية: تأثيرها على الحزم لدى طلاب التمريض الجامعيين | Authors | Fatma Ata Abd El-Salihen Nosir | Issue Date | 2014 |
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