Abstract

Objectives: Assertiveness is a significant skill for a qualified health service. Psychological empowerment, on the other hand, is an intrinsic motivation providing self-confidence for the individuals to reach their goals sucessfully. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between nursing students’ psychological empowerment and assertiveness.

Methods: In order to collect data, Information Form, Psychological Empowerment Scale and Rathus Assertiveness Scale have been used. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and cronbach alpha etc.), t test, anova test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used in the analysis of the data.

Results: The mean age of the students participating in the research was 20.93±1.26, 91.4% of these students were females. The highest mean point between the psychological empowerment and assertiveness inventory was observed in the Second Grade students. A significant difference was found between the assertiveness level of nursing students and psychological empowerment.

Conclusions: It is thought that encouragement of psychological empowerment will contribute to increase the assertiveness skills. This study is crucial in determining the relationship between psycological empowerment and assertiveness and in emphasizing the necessity of including this subject in the nursing education curriculum.