Bullying in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Data Collection Procedure
2.4. Measures
2.4.1. Socio-Demographic Data
2.4.2. Bullying
2.5. Ethics
3. Results
3.1. Sample Description
3.2. Prevalence of Bullying
3.3. Prevalence of Negative Attitudes
3.4. NAQ-R Factors and Total NAQ-R Score
3.5. Correlational Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | N (%) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 349 (84.9) |
Male | 62 (15.1) |
Academic year | |
2nd | 108 (26.3) |
3rd | 182 (44.3) |
4th | 121 (29.4) |
Center | |
Main | 253 (61.6) |
Affiliated | 158 (38.4) |
Marital status | |
Single/Divorced | 369 (89.8) |
Married | 42 (10.2) |
N | % | |
---|---|---|
No | 339 | 82.5 |
Yes, very rarely | 24 | 5.8 |
Yes, now and then | 43 | 10.5 |
Yes, several times per month | 0 | 0 |
Yes, several times per week | 3 | 0.7 |
Yes, almost daily | 2 | 0.5 |
NAQ-R Items | N (%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never 1 | Occasionally 2 | Monthly 3 | Weekly 4 | Daily 5 | ||
1 | Someone withholding information which affects your performance | 255 (62) | 137 (33.3) | 12 (2.9) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) |
2 | Being humiliated or ridiculed in connection with your work | 306 (74.5) | 88 (21.4) | 10 (2.4) | 6 (1.5) | 1 (0.2) |
3 | Being ordered to do work below your level of competence | 138 (33.6) | 195 (47.4) | 26 (6.3) | 37 (9) | 15 (3.6) |
4 | Having key areas of responsibility removed or replaced with more trivial or unpleasant tasks | 165 (40.1) | 168 (40.9) | 34 (8.3) | 30 (7.3) | 14 (3.4) |
5 | Spreading of gossip and rumors about you | 354 (86.1) | 48 (11.7) | 7 (1.7) | 2 (0.5) | 0 |
6 | Being ignored or excluded | 288 (70.1) | 95 (23.1) | 11 (2.7) | 12 (2.9) | 5 (1.2) |
7 | Having insulted or offensive remarks made about your person, your attitudes or your private life | 345 (83.9) | 52 (12.7) | 10 (2.4) | 4 (1.0) | 0 |
8 | Being shouted at or being the target of spontaneous anger | 297 (72.3) | 95 (23.1) | 11 (2.7) | 6 (1.5) | 2 (0.5) |
9 | Intimidating behaviours such as finger pointing, invasion of personal space, shoving, blocking your way | 380 (92.5) | 24 (5.8) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) | 0 |
10 | Hints or signals from others that you should quit your job | 334 (81.3) | 59 (14.4) | 13 (3.2) | 3 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) |
11 | Repeated reminders of your errors or mistakes | 284 (69.1) | 98 (23.8) | 12 (2.9) | 15 (3.5) | 2 (0.5) |
12 | Being ignored or facing a hostile reaction when you approach | 253 (61.6) | 125 (30.4) | 22 (5.4) | 9 (2.2) | 2 (0.5) |
13 | Persistent criticism of your errors or mistakes | 324 (78.8) | 68 (16.5) | 11 (2.7) | 7 (1.7) | 1 (0.2) |
14 | Having your opinions ignored | 199 (40.1) | 167 (40.6) | 22 (5.4) | 9 (2.2) | 14 (3.4) |
15 | Practical jokes carried out by people you don’t get along with | 347 (84.4) | 51 (12.4) | 10 (2.4) | 3 (0.7) | 0 |
16 | Being given tasks with unreasonable deadlines | 331 (80.5) | 62 (15.1) | 16 (3.9) | 2 (0.5) | 0 |
17 | Having allegations made against you | 357 (86.9) | 41 (10) | 12 (2.9) | 1 (0.2) | 0 |
18 | Excessive monitoring of your work | 210 (51.1) | 136 (36.1) | 34 (8.3) | 21 (5.1) | 10 (2.4) |
19 | Pressure not to claim something to which by right you are entitled (e.g., sick leave, holiday) | 372 (90.5) | 30 (7.3) | 6 (1.5) | 3 (0.7) | 0 |
20 | Being the subject of excessive teasing and sarcasm | 359 (87.3) | 45 (10.9) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) | 0 |
21 | Being exposed to an unmanageable workload | 226 (55) | 118 (28.7) | 47 (11.4) | 11 (2.7) | 8 (1.9) |
22 | Threats of violence or physical abuse or actual abuse | 397 (96.6) | 11 (2.7) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 |
23 | Feeling sexually harassed in your workplace | 391 (95.1) | 19 (4.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
n | Mean | SD | Percentiles (%) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | |||||
Factor | Psychological harassment | 411 | 21.52 | 6.24 | 16.00 | 17.00 | 20.00 | 24.00 | 52.00 |
Work-related harassment | 410 | 13.94 | 4.39 | 9.00 | 11.00 | 13.00 | 16.00 | 31.00 | |
Physical abuse | 410 | 5.68 | 1.14 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 12.00 | |
NAQ-R total score | 410 | 32.76 | 8.82 | 24.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 36.00 | 75.00 |
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Fernández-Gutiérrez, L.; Mosteiro-Díaz, M.-P.; Borges, E.; Franco-Correia, S. Bullying in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111431
Fernández-Gutiérrez L, Mosteiro-Díaz M-P, Borges E, Franco-Correia S. Bullying in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(11):1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111431
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernández-Gutiérrez, Lidia, Maria-Pilar Mosteiro-Díaz, Elisabete Borges, and Sara Franco-Correia. 2024. "Bullying in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 11: 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111431