Relationship between Nursing Students’ Self-Efficacy and Attachment to Their Families and Friends

Abstract

Self-efficacy in nursing students helpس them feel competent in clinical fields and is also effective for students’ achievement. High selfefficacy is needed for secure attachment and decreasing alienation between students and their families and friends. Objective: Determine the relationship between Nursing students’ self-efficacy and their attachment to their families and friends. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. Subjects: Stratified random sampling technique was used in this study to recruit a representative sample of 350 students (88 students from the first semester, 63 students from the third semester, 60students from the fifth semester and 139 students from the seventh semester). Tools: Three tools were used to collect necessary data namely; socio-demographic &academic data structured interview schedule, inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) and adolescent Social Self-Efficacy Scale (S-EFF). Results: More than three quarters (78.6%, 76.6%, 85.1% respectively) of the studied students had high social self-efficacy, were highly attached to their parents and peers. In addition, 97.5% of students who had high self-efficacy were highly attached to their parents, and all students (100%) who had high selfefficacy were highly attached to their peers. Conclusion: A positive relationship was found between self-efficacy of students and their attachment to their families and friends. Recommendations: Future research is needed to examine the different impacts mothers and fathers have on their children’s attachment processes. Also, health education programs may be needed to explain attachment of parents to their students.