NURSING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND AFFECTING

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the attitudes of nursing students towards scientific research and the influencing factors. The study is of descriptive type and its sample consists of 202 students taking research courses in the Nursing Department of Harran University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Independent groups t-test and variance analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Permission was obtained from the University Ethics Committee, institutions and participants for the study. The total mean score of the attitude scale towards scientific research of the students participating in the study was determined as 89.45±12.08. It was determined that the students' gender, class, and willingness to participate in the research process affected the unwillingness to help researchers sub-dimension, gender, willingness to participate in the research process, and reading scientific publications affected the negative attitude towards scientific research, class, willingness to participate in the research process, reading scientific publications, and receiving postgraduate education affected the positive attitude towards scientific research, and gender and considering receiving postgraduate education affected the positive attitude towards researchers (p<0.05). It can be said that students' attitudes towards scientific research are at a moderate level. Therefore, it is recommended that trainings that will improve students' attitudes towards research be planned and the factors affecting attitudes be taken into consideration in these trainings.