Personality preferences and stress perception among nursing students in different nursing programmes: a cross-sectional study

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Abstract

Background

Understanding personality preferences is crucial for guiding healthcare education and the stress management strategies of nursing students. While stress in nursing education has been well studied, its relationship with personality preferences, particularly in clinical settings, has been underexplored. This study aims to investigate the relationship between personality preferences and stress perception among nursing students in three different nursing programmes.

Methods

This cross-sectional study recruited 780 nursing students. We used structured questionnaires to collect data on demographics, personality preferences, and stress perception. The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used to measure personality preferences across four dimensions: extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. The Chinese version of the MBTI and the Nurse Stress Checklist were also employed. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, and independent t-tests.

Results

Three common personality preferences were identified: extraversion, intuition, feeling, and perceiving; introversion, sensing, thinking, and judging; and introversion, sensing, feeling, and judging. The findings indicate that stress was significantly related to personality preferences. There were significant differences in the stress scores and the extraversion/introversion and thinking/feeling subscales. However, no significant differences in stress levels were observed across different nursing programmes.

Conclusions

Each personality trait exhibited specific stress coping mechanisms. Addressing students' stress is crucial because it can lead to academic burnout and attrition. This study's findings can inform strategies to reduce stress while accommodating students' personality traits, ultimately enhancing student success in nursing programmes.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-025-06960-y.

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Bao-Huan Yang: bhyang@mail.cgust.edu.tw

Wen-Pin Yu: wenping@cgmh.org.tw

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Med Educ

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Med Educ

Title: BMC Medical Education

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1472-6920

Publication date (Electronic): 14 March 2025

Publication date PMC-release: 14 March 2025

Publication date Collection: 2025

Volume: 25

Electronic Location Identifier: 382

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[1 ]Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, ( https://ror.org/009knm296) Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

[2 ]Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, ( https://ror.org/02verss31) Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

[3 ]School of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, ( https://ror.org/03gk81f96) Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

[4 ]Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, ( https://ror.org/02xmkec90) Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

[5 ]School of Nursing, University of Maryland, ( https://ror.org/04rq5mt64) Baltimore, USA

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Publisher ID: 6960

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-06960-y

PMC ID: 11907887

PubMed ID: 40082926

SO-VID: 1f7616cd-4a4f-4cfb-8bed-bf2dfe19857c

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History

Date received : 20 November 2023

Date accepted : 6 March 2025

Funding

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004663, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan;

Award ID: MOST 110-2511-H-255-001

Award Recipient : Yuh-Shiow Li Hui-Chen Tseng Bao-Huan Yang Mary Etta C. Mills Wen-Pin Yu

Funded by: Chang Gung Medical Research Fund

Award ID: BMRPD41

Award Recipient : Yuh-Shiow Li Hui-Chen Tseng Bao-Huan Yang Mary Etta C. Mills Wen-Pin Yu

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