The Effects of Psychological Well-Being and Academic Efficacy on the Self-Leadership of Nursing Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that psychological well-being and academic self-efficacy of nursing students affect self-leadership. This is a descriptive study which collected data through a structured questionnaire for first-year students at a nursing college in Korea. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation. The scores for psychological well-being, academic self-efficacy, and self-leadership were 3.25, 3.00, and 3.43, respectively. The psychological well-being and self-leadership (r=.088, p<.001), academic self-efficacy and self-leadership (r=.105, p<.001), and psychological well-being and academic self-efficacy (r=.142, p<.001) all showed significant correlations. We expect this study to be used as basic data for developing curriculums and programs to foster professional nurses by enhancing the self-leadership of nursing students, which affects their self-competence and motivation.