This study was a descriptive research study to identify the factors that influence the perceived stress, self-esteem and department satisfaction of nursing students on subjective happiness and to establish the basis for the development of effective in...
This study was a descriptive research study to identify the factors that influence the perceived stress, self-esteem and department satisfaction of nursing students on subjective happiness and to establish the basis for the development of effective intervention program to improve their subjective happiness and to establish the basis to lead their happy life. Data were conveniently sampled using a google questionnaire. Of the 200 nursing students at two nursing universities located in S city, C city, 180 were finalists, excluding 20 with missing values. Data were collected using questionnaires from December 1 to December 10, 2021. For the collected data, SPSS Win 21.0 version Program was used. The mean score for perceived stress was 1.79(out of 5), the mean for self-esteem was 3.17(out of 4), the mean for department satisfaction was 3.87(out of 5) and subjective happiness was 5.16(out of 7). As a result of analyzing the correlation between the study subjects' perceived stress, self-esteem, department satisfaction and subjective happiness, self-esteem and department satisfaction(r=.39, p<.001), self-esteem and subjective happiness(r=.64, p<.001), department satisfaction and subjective happiness(r=.46, p<.001) were significantly positively correlated, and self-esteem and perceived stress(r=-.63, p<.001), department satisfaction and perceived stress(r=-.33, p<.001), perceived stress and subjective happiness(r=-.60, p<.001) were significantly negatively correlated. The significant predictors of the subjective happiness were perceived stress(β=-.300, p<.001), self-esteem(β=.344, p<.001) and department satisfaction(β=.209, p<.001), and the explanatory power of variance was 52.1%(F=31.34, p<.001). Therefore, it is suggested to develop and apply an intervention program to improve the subjective happiness of nursing students by adding various variables that can confirm the relationship between perceived stress, self-esteem, and department satisfaction of nursing students.