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Examining the Relationship Between Social Skills and Social Competence Levels of Generation Y Students of Health Sciences: Descriptive and Correlational Type
Sağlık Bilimleri Y Kuşağı Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Beceri ve Sosyal Yeterlik Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi: Tanımlayıcı ve İlişki Arayıcı Türde
Nuray TURANa, Nur GÜVEN ÖZDEMİRb, Yeliz ÇULHAc, Türkinaz AŞTId, Gonca ERTAŞe, Dilek KUVANe, Gizem GÜNDÜZe, Yaren YILMAZe
aDepartment of Fundamental of Nursing, İstanbul University Faculty of Nursing, İstanbul, Türkiye
bDepartment of Fundamental of Nursing, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University Health Science Faculty, Zonguldak, Türkiye
cDepartment of Fundamental of Nursing, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, İstanbul, Türkiye
dDepartment of Nursing, Bezmiâlem University Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Türkiye
eİstanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, İstanbul, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2023;15(1):127-35
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2022-90983
Article Language: EN
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ABSTRACT
 Objective: This research was conducted to determine examining the relationship between social skills and social competence levels of Y generation students in health sciences. Material and Methods: The sampling of the research consisted of 453 students in the departments of nursing, audiology, health management, nutrition and dietetics and ergotherapy in the 2016-2017 academic year in a faculty of health sciences in İstanbul. The data were collected via the 'Student Information Form', 'Social Skill Inventory', 'Social Self Efficacy', and 'Social Outcome Expectations Scale.' Results: It was found out that the mean age of the students was 20.49±1.69, 88.7% of them were female, 27.8% were first year students, and 40.2% were studying in the department of nursing. The mean total scores of the Social Skill Inventory and Social Self Efficacy and Social Outcome Expectations Scale were 270.15±35.56 and 70.87±12.24, respectively. It has been revealed that the social skills of generation Y students studying in the field of healthcare are at a moderate level, and their social competence and social outcome expectations are at a high level. A positive weak correlation was observed between generation Y students' social skill inventory affective expressivity subdimension scores and the scale scores of social self-efficacy and social outcome expectations (p<0.05) (r=0.133 and r=0.094). Conclusion: It was determined that the social skills of the Y generation students studying in the field of health were at a moderate level, and their social competence and social outcome expectations were at a high level.

Keywords: Generation Y; students of health sciences; social skill; social competence
ÖZET
 Amaç: Bu araştırma, sağlık bilimleri Y kuşağı öğrencilerinin sosyal beceri ve sosyal yeterlik düzeyleri ve arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirildi. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmanın evrenini, İstanbul'da bir sağlık bilimleri fakültesinde 2016-2017 eğitim-öğretim yılında hemşirelik, odyoloji, sağlık yönetimi, beslenme ve diyetetik ve ergoterapi bölümlerinde öğrenim gören 602 öğrenci, araştırmanın örneklemini ise 453 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Veriler, 'Öğrenci Bilgi Formu', 'Sosyal Beceri Envanteri', 'Sosyal Öz Yeterlik' ve 'Sosyal Sonuç Beklentileri Ölçeği' aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalamasının 20,49±1,69 yıl olduğu, %88,7'sinin kadın, %27,8'inin 1. sınıf öğrencisi olduğu, %40,2'sinin hemşirelik bölümünde öğrenim gördüğü belirlendi. Sosyal Beceri Envanteri ve Sosyal Yeterlik ve Sosyal Sonuç Beklentileri Ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması sırasıyla 270,15±35,56 ve 70,87±12,24 idi. Sağlık alanında eğitim gören Y kuşağı öğrencilerinin sosyal becerilerinin orta düzeyde, sosyal yeterlilik ve sosyal sonuç beklentilerinin yüksek düzeyde olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Y kuşağı öğrencilerinin sosyal beceri envanteri duyuşsal anlatımcılık alt boyut puanları ile sosyal özyeterlik ve sosyal sonuç beklentileri ölçek puanları arasında pozitif yönde zayıf bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür (p<0,05) (r=0,133 ve r=0,094). Sonuç: Sağlık alanında öğrenim gören Y kuşağı öğrencilerinin sosyal becerilerinin orta düzeyde, sosyal yeterlik ve sosyal sonuç beklentilerinin ise yüksek düzeyde olduğu saptandı.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Y kuşağı; sağlık bilimleri öğrencileri; sosyal beceri; sosyal yeterlik
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