AIM: This study examines the impact of emotional self-efficacy on perceived stress among nursing students. METHODS: To conduct this study, two instruments were used. The first is the 10-item perceived stress scale version and the second is the emotional self-efficacy test. RESULTS: The study shows that 59.10% of the nurses’ students have a risk perception of the situations stressful. About 19.20% have a psychopathological perception. In addition, the seven dimensions of emotional self-efficacy contribute to the perceived stress levels at 69%. However, the managing own emotions is the main contributor of the perceived stress level (β = −0.67**). CONCLUSION: These results show the importance of the emotional self-efficacy to prevent the stress and these harmful consequences. Therefore, it is important to integrate a specific emotion management module into the nursing students basic training program. Furthermore, special interest should be given to promote the nurses’ students psychological health.

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This study aims to rate twenty negative images from IAPS among a sample nurse students. We compare the mean valences between males and females and between participants from the final semester and participants from the first semester. The comparison of the mean valences values between the current study and the norm mean valence values from IAPS was established. null We tested 100 students from Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technics of Health, Rabat, Morocco, were recruited. The panel valence from SAM was cued to evaluate the perceived pleasure and unpleased degree after exposing the different images from IAPS to the participants. The displeasure degree among nurse students from final semester is lower than that of the first semester with a significant difference in sixteen images. Regarding the difference between males and females, the significant difference was observed only in five images. The all images evaluated by participant were perceived as negative (valence <4). Regarding the comparison of the mean valences values between a the current study and the norm mean valence values from IAPS significant differences were observed. Nurse students from the final semester, compared to the first semester students, perceived the negative images assessed as less unpleasant. However, we noted that the all images have kept the negative aspect. These results show that these images can be used as a negative emotional stimulus among this population.

Aim: This study examines the effect of clinical traineeship on the emotional dimensions (valence and arousal) among nurses student. Methods: Two groups were recruited. The first group consisting of the students who did not start the clinical traineeship. The second group composed of the students who finished their clinical traineeship. The images of the set 3 and the 11, which were taken from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) constitute the emotional stimuli. The measurement of the emotional dimensions was carried out by the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM). Results:The study shows the negative correlation between valence and arousal among the two groups. Concerning neutral images and positive images, no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the valence. The negative images were evaluated unpleasant by both groups with a valence significant difference. Conclusion:The present study has a significant implication in nursing education. Indeed, the Original Research Article