Sources of fear

Most students (80%) nominated the following as causing their fear.

• lack of knowledge as the basis of their apprehension. This lack of knowledge included content knowledge and knowledge of roles within mental health.

• concern for their personal safety,

• doubt of their own coping skills,

• ignorance of the client group.

Some students identified other lesser factors as the source of their fear (in order of magnitude).

• academic workload - considered heavy for third year

• lack of experience

• media misconceptions

Clearly some of the above are directly related to the primary role of the therapist-educator.

By the end of the semester (11 weeks later) there was a transformation of the negative attitudes into more positive attitudes and expectations. Students indicated excitement about - linking theory to practice during their fieldwork (75%),

• increasing confidence in moving outside their comfort zones - that is in taking risks (71%),

• increasing interest in Mental Health (66%),

• and increasing confidence to meet challenges that the field might pose for them (38%).

However, some of the students were still

• hesitant (42%)

• and small numbers of students (less than 5%) still felt that they did not know enough, were worried about physical violence and did not know what to expect.

The transformation from two thirds of the students being afraid of Mental Health to three quarters of them wanting to experience Mental Health and almost as many feeling confident to move beyond their comfort zones is remarkable.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

في علوم نهج البلاغة العتبة العباسية المقدسة تطلق مشروع بناء الإنسان وتقويم اللسان

قسم الصيانة يواصل أعمال البنى التحتية في مشروع استراحة الواحة على طريق (النجف - كربلاء)

جامعة الكفيل تختتم دورة تدريبية مخصصة لتنمية المهارات وتعزيز الانضباط الوظيفي

المجمع العلمي يجري اختباره للمتقدمين على قناة حفظة القرآن الكريم في النجف الأشرف

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

هل يمكن الاعتماد على "ChatGPT" في الحصول على نصائح صحية؟

قبل أي نشاط رياضي.. هذه الفاكهة ينصح بها الخبراء

استخدام القنب للعلاج.. دراسة تحذر من من "جنون العظمة" ؟!

غالبية الناس ينظفون أسنانهم خطأ.. إليك الطريقة الصحيحة

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

نصائح لإطالة عمر بطارية السيارة وضمان أدائها الأمثل

الرياض تحتضن مونديال الرياضات الإلكترونية بدعم stc

"ستارشيب" ينطلق في رحلة تجريبية ويسقط بالمحيط الهندي !

شركة جديدة.. خطة ماسك لمنافسة مايكروسوفت في الذكاء الاصطناعي

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Sharing meanings

Can Intrinsic Graduate Qualities be Developed Through Assessment? Mapping Assessment Practices in IT Degree Programs

Perceived outcomes of the transformation

Perceived contributions to the transformation

Apprehension

Can Assessment of Student Attitudes Assist both the Teaching and Learning Process as well as Ultimate Performance in Professional Practice Results, analysis and discussions

Can Assessment of Student Attitudes Assist both the Teaching and Learning Process as well as Ultimate Performance in Professional Practice Research methodology

Managing negative attitudes

Possible sources of these attitudes

Student attitudes initially negative

Delphi method Primary round two

Delphi method Primary round one