This study aims to examine the impact of Big-5 personality traits on clinical practice stress and clinical competence among nursing students who have experienced at clinical practice. Data were collected from March to April 2022 using a questionnaire....
This study aims to examine the impact of Big-5 personality traits on clinical practice stress and clinical competence among nursing students who have experienced at clinical practice. Data were collected from March to April 2022 using a questionnaire. A total of 115 responses were analyzed by Multiple Regression Analysis with the SPSS 27.0 Statistics Program. The findings revealed that the presence of emotional instability, as one of the Big-5 personality traits, significantly influenced clinical practice stress (F=11.505, p<.001). Furthermore, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness among Big-5 personality traits were found to significantly influence clinical competence (F=15.317, p<.001). To mitigate clinical practice stress and enhance clinical competence among nursing students, programs should be developed to prevent and cope with clinical practice stress based on nursing students' personality traits, in addition to programs aims at improving clinical competence.