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Humor As A Buffer For Stress In Nurse Anesthesia Students, Kayla C. Forbis
Humor As A Buffer For Stress In Nurse Anesthesia Students, Kayla C. Forbis
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This simple, quantitative study was carried out on 18, first-year, CRNA students to determine if humor could act as a buffer for some of his or her perceived stress. Before an impending final exam, when stress levels would most likely be at their highest, the students were broken into three groups: a control group, a non-humorous group, and a humorous group. The students in the control group ranked their level of stress on a 0-10 scale without any other intervention. The other two groups watched a video clip, either humorous or non-humorous, while ranking their perceived stress on a scale …