Predicting nursing students' psychological well-being: network analysis based on a model of thriving through relationships.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological well-being plays a vital role in nursing students' mental health and affects their decisions to stay in the nursing profession, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak. Close relationships are undeniably linked to psychological well-being, but it is unknown how the specific pathways through which close relationships are related to each other and which are most strongly linked to nursing students' psychological well-being.

Aims

To explore the network structure, central and bridge factors among well-being characteristics, and predictors based on a model of thriving through relationships.

Methods

A cross-sectional research design was used with a sample of undergraduate nursing students (531 participants from the Southwest part of China). We use

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature