Agbonselohbor, Blessing <br/><br/>
EMOTIONS, PERCEIVED STRESSORS AND COPING MECHANISMS AMONG NIGERIAN NURSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC / 
BLESSING AGBONSELOHBOR; SUPERVISOR: DR. AZIZ ASLANOĞLU 
 - 109 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (MSc) - Cyprus International University. Insitute of Graduate Studies and Research Nursing Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 81-91) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>Emotion, perceive stress and coping mechanism among Nigeria nurses during<br/>COVID-19 pandemic is still an issue to the world entirely. This study explored<br/>emotion, perceived stressors and emotional difficulties faced by Nigerian Nurses<br/>during the covid-19 pandemic. Method: A cross sectional online observational study<br/>was undertaken in Lagos state general hospitals Odan and Abuja general hospitals <br/>Maitama Nigeria. Data was obtained from 200 nurses using Google form. Three <br/>standardized instruments were used to obtained data; there are (10) questions on <br/>Perceived stress scale with the indications: 0 = Never 1 = Almost Never 2 = <br/>Sometimes 3 = Fairly Often 4=Very Often. for every scale on PSS, the <br/>minimum is 0 and the maximum is 4, there are (28) questions in coping mechanisms <br/>with the above options 1= I haven’t been doing this at all 2= a little bit 3= a <br/>medium amount 4= I’ve been doing this a lot. Every scale used in coping <br/>mechanism range in minimum of 1 and maximum of 4 while in Emotion Regulation <br/>scale has (10) questions with the indications: 1 =Strongly disagree 2 = Disagree <br/>3 = More or less disagree 4=Undecided 5=More or less agree 6=Agree <br/>7=Strongly agree. The minimum for every scale on emotion is 1 and the maximum <br/>scale is 7.Results shows that the total average scale of perceived stress level among by the<br/>Nigeria nurses (Mean= 2.67 and SD=0.65) which implies a medium amount of stress; total <br/>average of emotional regulation level among the nurse (Mean=5.55 and SD=0.98) which <br/>implies that the nurses experience emotional difficulties and lastly, the level coping <br/>mechanism scale among the nurses (Mean=2.79 and SD=0.37) which is remarked a medium <br/>amount level. It was also revealed that there was moderately strong relationship (0.2710) <br/>between perceived stress and emotion score of the nurse which was found to be significant <br/>while the relationship between perceived stress and coping mechanism was found to be very <br/>strong (0.528) and significant at 5% level of significant. The impact of the COVID-19<br/>pandemic on Nigeria nurses poses a trait to profession of nurses. Emotion, perceived stressor<br/>as well as coping mechanism employed by Nigeria Nurses should be well look into as this <br/>has a significant effect on the nurse. It is therefore recommended that all government, nurses<br/>and all stakeholders should work together to control the negative effect of COVID-19 in <br/>Nigeria.<br/>Keywords: Coping Mechanism, COVID-19, Emotion, Healthcare, Hospital, Nurses,<br/>Perceived Stress 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Covid-19 (Diseases)--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Medical care--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Hospitals--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Nurses--Dissertations, Academic