Examination of student nurses' self-recognition and codependence

Abstract

Objectives: Because the nursing profession demands the provision of services and continuous interaction with peopleuninterruptedly for 24 hours a day, self-recognıtıon is important for nurses. With the patient aiming to fulfil his/herneeds for care and the nurse without adequate self-recognıtıon aiming to compensate her own emotional needs, bothparts can reciprocally compromise on their own needs and become dependent on each other in the relationship. Theaim of this study to examine the self-recognition of the nursing students and the conditions of co-dependence.Methods: The research has been designed to be quantitative, cross-sectional and correlative. Sample of the researchconsists of 446 students attending nursery undergraduate program. Giessen Test (GT), Co-dependency AssessmentTool (CODAT) and a data collection form, which includes socio-demographic characteristics, have been applied to participants. Data analysis has been carried out with the SPSS 18.0 packet program. Mean, standard deviation, and theminimum and the maximum values were calculated for the quantitative variables. Pearson’s correlation test was usedfor analyzing the independent variables.Results: The study demonstrated that the fourth-grade students preferred to be controlled, socially potent, and submissive, and they had depressive personality characteristics. Regarding the co-dependency status of the nursing students, it was observed that the first-grade students tended to focus on the others, their self-worth was high, and theydisplayed a hiding self compared to the fourth-grade students. A positive correlation was found between self-awareness and co-dependency. Also, it was found that self-worth was positively correlated with the social potency-socialimpotency and hypomanic-depressive features (p