The relationship of a course grade to hope and optimism in nursing students' academic success

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dc.contributorCuellar, Norma G.
dc.contributorElliott, Denise H.
dc.contributorHouser, Rick
dc.contributorKuntz, Aaron M.
dc.contributor.advisorCarter, Melondie R.
dc.contributor.authorCamp, Nicole Esther
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T17:39:55Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T17:39:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractIn several disciplines in education and in health care, hope and optimism have been researched and identified as being correlated with positive outcomes such as physiological and emotional well-being. The purpose of the study was to determine if there was a relationship between hope and/or optimism and nursing student’s academic success.. A convenience sample of 124 second semester nursing students was identified; the final number of participants 58. Participants completed the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (AHS) survey, a 12 item self-reported questionnaire that uses a Likert-type scale designed to identify levels of hope. Participants also completed the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), a 10 item self-reported questionnaire that uses a Likert-type scale to identify levels of optimism and pessimism. Survey results were analyzed in relationship to the final numeric grade in the first semester Human Pathophysiology course which were self-reported by selecting from six grade ranges. The results of the statistical analysis (backward multiple regression analysis and Pearson Correlational Coefficient) found no significant relationships between hope, agency, or pathways. However, optimism, when combined with pessimism, was found to have a statistically significant relationship to the participants score in Human Pathophysiology (r2 =..105).en_US
dc.format.extent97 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002213
dc.identifier.otherCamp_alatus_0004D_12717
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/2574
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectEducation
dc.titleThe relationship of a course grade to hope and optimism in nursing students' academic successen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.nameEd.D.

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