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April 1, 2026Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health NursingOpen Access

Effects of Nurses’ Irrational Beliefs and Social Anxiety on Assertiveness: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Correlational Study

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SCSora ChoiHCHeeseung Choi

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A cross-sectional study reveals that irrational beliefs and social anxiety significantly predict nurses' assertiveness, implying a need for targeted training.

Key Points

  • This research explores how irrational beliefs and social anxiety affect nurses' assertiveness.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study.
  • Recruited 118 nurses from a tertiary care hospital in Seoul, South Korea.
  • Used a self-administered online questionnaire for data collection.
  • Analyzed data using multiple regression with R version 4.3.1.
  • Assertiveness negatively correlated with irrational beliefs (r=-.57) and social anxiety (r=-.56).
  • Irrational beliefs and social anxiety positively correlated (r=.67).
  • Collectively, they accounted for 38% of the variance in assertiveness.

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Choi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cd7a915652765b073a7c63https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2026.35.1.21
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