Objectives
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of spiritual well-being and parenting styles on USA nursing students’ psychological well-being and suicidal ideation.
Methods
This was a cross sectional, descriptive research design. The structured questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 404 nursing students were recruited from a Midwest University in the USA. The mean age was 24.53 (SD = 6.14). There were 53 Male (13.1%) and 351 Female (86.9%). The SPSS 28th version was used to do the data analysis. The descriptive data analysis, Pearson Correlation, and Step-wise Multiple Regressions were used to solve the research questions.
Results
Total score of spiritual well-being, faith/belief, life and self-responsibility, and life satisfaction/ self- actualization had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ psychological well- being. Total score of spiritual well-being, faith/belief, life and self-responsibility, and life satisfaction/ self- actualization had statistically significant reverse relationships with nursing students’ suicidal ideation. Their
parents’ rearing attitude: child monitor, inductive reasoning, communication, positive reinforcement, involvement, and the total scores of positive rearing attitude had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ psychological well-being. Their parents’ rearing attitude: communication, positive reinforcement, and the total scores of positive rearing attitude had statistically significant reverse relationships with nursing students’ suicide ideation. Their parents’ harsh discipline and the total scores of negative rearing attitude had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ suicide ideation.
Discussion
In this study, life satisfaction/self-actualization, life/self-responsibility, positive reinforcement, and faith/belief were the significant predictors of nursing students’ psychological well-being. Total scores of spiritual well-being and positive reinforcement were significant predictors of nursing students’ suicidal ideation. Higher score of total scores of spiritual well-being and positive reinforcement were found to predict decreasing nursing students’ suicidal ideation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-2-1963 |
| Date | 18 October 2022 |
| Creators | Yeh, Pi-Ming |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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