Nursing Students’ Experiences of Gratitude Journaling during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gratitude journaling has been used to improve grateful disposition. However, there is only limited data available on its application experience. This study aimed to: (1) explore the experiences of nursing students who have participated in gratitude journaling; and (2) assess students’ views of grati...

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Autores principales:	Heesung Ko, Seryeong Kim, Eunjeong Kim
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	gratitude journaling nursing students qualitative research Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a8ddb464779f4c8b94caf18e4e3af8af2021-11-25T17:44:26ZNursing Students’ Experiences of Gratitude Journaling during the COVID-19 Pandemic10.3390/healthcare91114732227-9032https://doaj.org/article/a8ddb464779f4c8b94caf18e4e3af8af2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1473https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032Gratitude journaling has been used to improve grateful disposition. However, there is only limited data available on its application experience. This study aimed to: (1) explore the experiences of nursing students who have participated in gratitude journaling; and (2) assess students’ views of gratitude journaling as a nursing intervention. This study implemented an eight-week program of gratitude journaling with fourth-year nursing students who took a mental health psychiatric nursing course at a South Korean university. Following the eight weeks, students reflected on their gratitude journaling experience in a reflective essay. Using content analysis, 53 essays were analyzed. Five categories were identified from the reflective essay, as follows: “A new beginning”, “The engine that motivates continued participation: gratitude sharing”, “The process driving change”, “Changes brought about by gratitude”, and “Self-reflection”. Based on this experience, nursing students believed that it is important to promote steady participation when administering gratitude journaling as a nursing intervention. The study findings suggest that the gratitude journaling not only helped with nursing students’ perspective, emotional, and behavioral aspects and stress management, but also provided an opportunity to advance a step further based on self-reflection.Heesung KoSeryeong KimEunjeong KimMDPI AGarticlegratitude journalingnursing studentsqualitative researchMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1473, p 1473 (2021)
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description	Gratitude journaling has been used to improve grateful disposition. However, there is only limited data available on its application experience. This study aimed to: (1) explore the experiences of nursing students who have participated in gratitude journaling; and (2) assess students’ views of gratitude journaling as a nursing intervention. This study implemented an eight-week program of gratitude journaling with fourth-year nursing students who took a mental health psychiatric nursing course at a South Korean university. Following the eight weeks, students reflected on their gratitude journaling experience in a reflective essay. Using content analysis, 53 essays were analyzed. Five categories were identified from the reflective essay, as follows: “A new beginning”, “The engine that motivates continued participation: gratitude sharing”, “The process driving change”, “Changes brought about by gratitude”, and “Self-reflection”. Based on this experience, nursing students believed that it is important to promote steady participation when administering gratitude journaling as a nursing intervention. The study findings suggest that the gratitude journaling not only helped with nursing students’ perspective, emotional, and behavioral aspects and stress management, but also provided an opportunity to advance a step further based on self-reflection.
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title_short	Nursing Students’ Experiences of Gratitude Journaling during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Nursing Students’ Experiences of Gratitude Journaling during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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