Factors Influencing Disaster-Incident-Related Impacts on Korean Nursing Students

Minkyung Gu, Ran Kim, Hyunjung Lee and Sohyune Sok
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Minkyung Gu: Department of Nursing, College of Science and Technology, Daejin University, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 11159, Korea
Ran Kim: Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
Hyunjung Lee: Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
Sohyune Sok: College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: The frequency of earthquakes in South Korea is increasing. This study aimed to examine and identify the factors influencing the degree of disaster-incident-related impacts among Korean nursing students who have actual disaster experience. The study sample consisted of 153 nursing students living around the Phohang-si area in Gyeongsang-do, South Korea, and who have actual disaster-incident-related experience. Measures used in this study were the Impact of Event Scale, Perceived Health Status Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scale, and Coping Strategy Indicator (Korean version). The data collection period was from October to December 2018. Factors that influence disaster-incident-related impacts among Korean nursing students in descending order are as follows: perceived health status (β = 0.48), gender (β = −0.28), coping skill (β = 0.18), psychological well-being (β = 0.14), need for disaster education (β = 0.12), and major satisfaction (β = −0.12). This study provides preliminary evidence that perceived health status is a major and primary predictor of disaster-incident-related impacts among Korean nursing students, followed by coping skill and psychological well-being. The findings can be reflected in a pertinent curriculum by actively considering these factors in designing nursing education interventions for managing disaster-incident-related impacts among Korean nursing students.

Keywords: disasters; health status; coping skill; nursing student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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