The Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Predict the Moroccan Nurses Student Clinical Performance

Abstract

In nursing, performance is crucial to meet the needs of patients, provide quality care and ensure safety. One of the most fundamental goals of nursing education is to develop nurses student performance. This study was conducted to investigate the effect the adaptive and the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the Moroccan nurses student clinical performance from the Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technics of Health, Rabat, Morocco. This study was a descriptive correlational research including 320 students from final semester. The majority of participants were female (72, 50%) with the rest (27.50%) were male. The participants mean age was 21,29±0,79. Two tools were used to collect the data. The first was the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The second was the Six Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance. The results of this research show significant positive correlation between three of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (acceptance, positive reappraisal, refocus on planning strategies) and the nurses student performance (p < 0, 01). The multiple regression indicates that acceptance strategie is the main predictor of the performance (Beta = 8.13, p < 0.01). The results clearly highlight the importance to promote the emotion management among others cognitive emotion regulation, especially acceptance strategie in the field of nursing education. Other studies should be oriented towards this subject in order to increase knowledge in this field.