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Chapter 1Introduction

Main Contents

�What is Nursing Psychology?�Research methods in Nursing Psychology�History, status and prospect of Nursing

Psychology

Section 1 What is Nursing Psychology

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� 1.What is psychology?� 2.What is nursing psychology?� 3.What are the relationships between： （1）nursing psychology and psychology？ （2）nursing psychology and medical psychology?

1.What is psychology?�The science that deals with mental

processes and behavior.�The emotional and behavioral

characteristics of an individual or group.� In actual practice, modern psychology deals

almost exclusively with physiology (brain chemistry, neurology, genetics) and the behavior of the biological organism (stimulus-response).

2.What is Nursing Psychology?

�Nursing Psychology is a combination of Nursing and Psychology.

� It studies the occurrence, development and change law of the psychological activities of nursing objects and staffs. The main purpose is to keep and promote psychological health.

3. Relationships

�（1）Nursing Psychology is a branch of psychology; new subfield of psychology; psychology used in nursing;.....

3. Relationships

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4. Subjects of Nursing Psychology

�The research subjects of nursing psychology include two parts: nursing objects and nursing staffs.

�Among them, nursing objects include patients of all kinds of diseases, people in sub healthy status and healthy people.

5. Tasks of Nursing Psychology� (1) Study the impact of physical and mental

interaction on health� (2) Study the psychological characteristics

of patients� (3) Study the theory and technique of

evaluating and intervening in the psychological activities of patients

� (4) Study the professional psychological quality of nursing staffs

Section 2 Research methods

in Nursing Psychology

Main Contents

�Observation�Survey�Psychological testing�Experiment�Case study

1.Observation

�Observation method is a technique in which the behavior of research subjects is watched and recorded without any direct contact.

�Behavior is observed in natural settings rather than in the laboratory.

� It includes direct observation, indirect observation,....

2. Survey

�Survey is a research technique in which questionnaires or interviews are administered to a selected group of people.

� It is a non-experimental, descriptive research method.

�There are two basic types of surveys: cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal surveys.

3.Psychological testing

�Psychological testing is a technique characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to assess psychological construct(s), such as cognition and emotion ...

4.Experiment�Research technique in which an investigator

deliberately manipulates selected events or circumstances and then measures the effects of those manipulations on subsequent behavior.

5.Case study

� Intensive description and analysis of a single individual or just a few individuals.

Section 3 History, status and prospect

of Nursing Psychology

�Nursing Psychology has a long history, but it is still a new subject.

�Rencent years, it was promoted in: （1）The discipline construction becomes

increasingly mature and improved （2）A wide development of scientific

research activities （3）Individual psychological characteristics

are highlighted in clinical psychological nursing

Discussion

�What's the significance of studying Nursing Psychology？