Exploring the relationship between character strengths and well-being in nursing students: an analysis

What is it about?

Purpose: Nursing students encounter a combination of academic rigor, clinical demands, and emotional hurdles. Juggling coursework, practical training, and patient interaction can be stressful, and exposure to health-related difficulties may impact their overall well-being. The present study aims to highlight the top strengths among nursing students and identify the strengths associated with wellbeing. Method: Convenience sampling was used to select a sample of 150 nursing students studying in 1st, 2nd & 3rd year from colleges of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Students were administered the VIA character strengths inventory, The satisfaction with life scale and SPANE. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and correlation. Findings: Results show that among nursing students, kindness emerged as the foremost strength with the highest mean, succeeded by honesty, creativity, spirituality, and teamwork and the strengths of curiosity, gratitude, perseverance, self regulation, social intelligence, and zest were positively associated with life satisfaction, positive emotions and negatively related to negative emotions. Keywords: Character strengths, Life satisfaction, wellbeing

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Why is it important?

The research paper identifies and emphasizes the five character strengths that are most commonly observed in Indian nursing students. Additionally, the study delves deeper into these identified strengths to understand how they relate to the overall well-being of nursing students within this specific population. The existing literature has not explored it exhaustively.

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