Emotions reflected in colours : experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 period
Atay, Eda (Hasan Kalyoncu University. Department of Nursing)
Dirgar, Ezgi (Gaziantep University. Department of Midwifery)
Pehlivan, Kadiriye (Hasan Kalyoncu University. Department of Nursing)
Tosun, Betül (Hacettepe University. Faculty of Nursing)
Ayaz, Ahmet (Hasan Kalyoncu University. Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling)
Yava, Ayla (Hasan Kalyoncu University. Department of Nursing)
Leyva Moral, Juan M. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Infermeria)

Data:	2024
Resum:	The aim of this study was to identify nursing students' fears and emotions and to concretise the metaphors they used to describe their feelings towards the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted with nursing students at a foundation university between December 2021 and February 2022 using a sequential mixed methods research design. In the quantitative part of the study, 323 nursing students answered the 'Positive and Negative Emotion Scale' and the 'COVID-19 Fear Scale'. In the qualitative part, students were asked to metaphorise COVID-19 with a colour and 21 in-depth interviews were conducted on the reasons for choosing this colour. The average age of the students participating in the study was 21. 41 ± 1. 97 years and 78% of them were female. It was observed that 15. 8 of the students had previously tested positive for COVID-19. Most of the participants (98. 5%) were vaccinated against COVID-19 and 31. 9% had a relative who died due to COVID-19. When the participants were asked which colour they compared COVID-19 to, it was observed that more than half of them chose red (51. 4%) among bright colours and 13% chose black among dark colours. In this study, it was determined that students who chose dark colours to describe COVID-19 had higher COVID-19 Fear and Negative Emotion Scale scores. In in-depth interviews, it was observed that students who chose dark colours were more deeply affected by the COVID-19 process, while students who chose light colours associated this period with negative emotions. In this study, it was observed that nursing students' feelings and thoughts about the COVID-19 period in line with their experiences affect the choice of colour in metaphorisation.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Colours ; Pandemic ; Nursing students ; Positive emotions ; Negative emotions ; COVID-19 ; Fear
Publicat a:	BMC Nursing, Vol. 23 (august 2024) , ISSN 1472-6955
Obra relacionada:	Atay, Eda [et al.]. «Correction : Emotions reflected in colours: experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 period». BMC Nursing, Vol. 23 (october 2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02427-5

Correcció de l'article: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/320062
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02256-6
PMID: 39160509

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