A path analysis of impacts of undergraduate nursing students' subjective well-being and perceived social support on their professional commitment / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the path of subjective well-being, perceived social support and professional commitment among undergraduate nursing students. Methods A total of 207 undergraduate nursing students in a medical university in Anhui were recruited by cross-sectional survey method. Nursing students were investigated using General Information Questionnaire, Index of Well-being, Perceived Social Support Scale, Professional Commitment Scale during October to November 2016. SPSS 16.0 was used for statistical analysis, the data were analyzed by t test or variance analysis;Multivariate analysis was performed by multiple linear regression, and AMOS 17.0 was used for mediation analysis. Results The professional commitment score for nursing students was (88.01 ±10.94); perceived social support and subjective well-being were positively correlated with professional commitment (r=0.349-0.413, P=0.000); nursing role, pro-fessional interest, perceived social support, subjective well-being can positively predict professional commit-ment (β=0.157, 0.324, 0.210, 0.220), motivation can negatively predict professional commitment;path analysis showed that perceived social support played a partial mediating role between subjective well-being and pro-fessional commitment. Conclusion The professional commitment were related to subjective well-being and perceived social support, and perceived social support plays a partial mediating role between subjective well-being and professional commitment among nursing students. Nursing educators can understand social support and subjective well-being as the breakthrough point, which actively formulate intervention strategies to enhance the professional commitment, stabilize the development of nursing team, and improve the quality of nursing.