Research Proposal on Nursing

Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON NURSING
RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON NURSING
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Literature review..............................................................................................................................2
Research Design and Methodology.................................................................................................5
Ethical considerations......................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
As the world is getting globalized, there is a surge in the number of the students that
prefer the international education. Thus, the international students encounter a lot of
responsibilities which makes it hard for the them to balance the other vital aspects of life. The
international students have reported stress and they also have reported social isolation. The vital
fact of being an international student in Australia, gives the feeling of being alone in a new
country. That particular student will also experience new academic system, navigating through
the new culture, subject to the financial pressure. Thus, it can be highlighted that the individual
will be at a greater risk of mental ill health. Thus, this study will be carried out to perform a
proposal on the international students in Sydney that are suffering from depression. The
objective of the research is to bring out the problem of the depression among the international
student (Wynaden, Wichmann & Murray, 2013). The research will be conducted so as to the
bring the intensity of depression among the international students. Thus, better outcome to
reduce depression can be planned further.
Literature review
Since the early part of 2000, there has been a considerable increase in the mental health
among the young people that are studying in foreign countries. Furthermore, this issues have also
received a lot of attention. Forbes-Mewett & Sawyer (2016), emphasized that several studies
have indicated higher incidence of mental health issues among the international students in
comparison to the ones that the domestic students. Australia is the host of many international
students that belong to an age where the mental illness is likely to surface. The National Health
Survey on the Mental Health and Wellbeing has highlighted that the high rates of the mental
health disorder like the substance misuse, anxiety and depression. This occurs in the people that

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are aged between the 16 to 24 years (which is 24 percent of the overall Australian population).
the prevalence of depression and stress also reduced along with the decrease in the age (6
percent) and it is one in twenty. Furthermore, the increase in the depression and other mental
health issues have increased in the age group of 75 to 78 years. In a study conducted in Australia,
it has been found that the university counselling services showed an increase in the proportion of
the students that have the serious psychological problems. Over the past five years, there has
been a significant increase the high distress level among the university students that are of the
same age (Browne, Munro & Cass, 2017). This have also been supported by a similar survey
conducted in US and it showed that 95 percent of the directors of the college counselling agreed
that the students were experiencing a severe psychological problem. The western perspective has
highlighted and established that the peak time period where the mental ill health begins is 12 to
25 years. The social scientists have highlighted that there has been cultural change, social and
economic change that have altered the social parameters of the youth and it has mainly
contributed to the ill mental health among the young people. It is important to note that the
unstable and the rapidly changing social environment and increase in the surge of information at
a much earlier age than the previous generations. The rapidity with which the changes are
occurring and the way the newer generation has to deal with the greater amounts of the demands
and stresses in comparison to the previous generation has increased the chances of depression.
This also includes the changes in the social media, and the nature of the mass media, rapid
technological advances, increased competition and competition in the field of education, changes
in the functioning of the families, labour market insecurities (Khawaja, Chan & Stein, 2017). The
erosion and changes in the traditional forms of the rules and guidelines have led to the changes in
to the individuals and have also forced them to lead a fluid and a flexible life. The increasing