Self–Esteem of Nurse Aid Students at Nursing Schools in Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

             This cross - sectional survey research was aimed at studying           the self - esteem  of  nurse aid students at nursing schools in chiang          rai province.  The  samples of this study consisted of  180  nurse aid students  aging 18 years and over.      These  samples  were  selected         using stratified random sampling technique.  Data  were   collected  through self-administered questionnaires during the 10^thNovember     2013 to  the 24^th  November 2013. Then  the  data were analyzed by              using  frequency,  percentage , mean , standard deviation,Pearson's correlation coefficient statistics , and multiple  regression   analysis              with steps.                                                                                                                                 The findings of the study showed that 40 percent of nurse aid students had their self–esteem perception at a low level,36.1percent              of them indicated their self–esteem  perception at  a high  level, and          23.9 percent them indicated their self–esteem perception at a moderate level.   The attitudes towards students’self – esteem perception were          shown at a good level of  26.7  percent. Factors  that  influenced and      could  be  expected  to  predict  self – esteem  of nurse  aid  students  included  self - esteem perception ,   attitudes  towards  self - esteem perception.  (p -value < 0.05)  All these  factors could  anticipate  self – esteem of nurse aid students at nursing schools in chiang rai province      at 5 %, and the self – esteem perception factor could anticipate the highest.