Table 9

Distribution of nursing students by using ventilating feelings

Ventilating Feelings
Never/seldom
Sometimes
Often/always



No
%
No
%
No
%

Say mean things to people, be sarcastic
314
85.8
34
9.3
18
4.9
Swear
314
85.8
33
9
19
5.2
Let off steam by complaining to your friends
211
57.7
118
32.2
69
18.9
Get angry and yell at people
209
57.1
90
24.6
67
18.3
Let off steam by complaining to family members
181
49.5
95
26
69
18.9
Cry
128
35
116
31.7
122
33.3

Seyedfatemi et al. BMC Nursing 2007 6:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6955-6-11