Reviewing the relation between the problem solving skills of school of health students and their social skill levels

Authors

  • Gül Ergün Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
  • Buket Şimşek Arslan Akdeniz University

Keywords:

Social skills, problem solving, health professional, nursing, nursing student

Abstract

This research aims at reviewing the relation between the problem solving skills of health high school students and their social skill levels.  It was planned to be descriptive. The universe of the research was composed of nursing students in the health high school. The sample was determined to be the whole of the universe. A written permission was taken from the management of the health high school regarding the research. Problem Solving Inventory and Social Skill Inventory; the form towards socio-demographic data prepared by the researchers was used. SPSS-16 software programme were used to analyze the data. The participants were a total of 248 people, with %76.2 female. 66 of the students are from the 1st grade, 67 from the 2nd, 58 from the 3rd and 57 from the 4th grade. When some substance use properties of the students were observed, %11.3 stated they smoke, %9.3 of the students stated that they drink alcohol. Statistically significant relations were determined between problem solving and sub-scales regarding social skills. A statistically significant relationship was identified between confidence in the problem solving skills and emotional expressivity. According to this, as the score average for confidence in problem solving skills increase, emotional expressivity decreases. That is, the non-verbal communication skills of the individual are decreasing. Consequently, as the problem solving skills of nursing students decrease, their social skill levels are decreasing as well.

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Author Biographies

Gül Ergün, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Mehmet Akif  Ersoy University, Faculty of  Health Science, Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management

Buket Şimşek Arslan, Akdeniz University

Research Assistant, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Psychiatry Nursing

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2017-03-24

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Ergün, G., & Şimşek Arslan, B. (2017). Reviewing the relation between the problem solving skills of school of health students and their social skill levels. Journal of Human Sciences, 14(1), 902–913. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/4384

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Nursing and Midwifery