Emotional Intelligence, Self-Efficacy and Resilience among Filipino Nursing University Students in the Blended Learning Setup: A Mediation Analysis Using PLS-SEM

As a result of the new transition, nursing students will need a stronger grip to participate in the blended learning setup. Nursing students can face and fight for better health by developing emotional intelligence (EI) and self-efficacy (SE). One of the students' hopes for these kinds of unexpected events during the pandemic and now, in the face of new/hybrid learning, is resilience (RS). This study recognized the significant positive relationship between Self-Efficacy (SE) and Resilience (RS); Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Self-Efficacy (SE); Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Resilience (RS); and EI on SE and RS. The 200 respondents were third year to fourth year nursing college students from private and public universities and colleges, and were selected using purposive-random sampling. The data were gathered through online forms and printed standardized survey questionnaires and were analyzed through PLS-SEM. The findings indicate that nursing students in an urbanized province in the Philippines may have high levels of emotional intelligence, which keeps them resilient (β= 0.165, p = 0.008). Also, having a high level of self-efficacy does not always imply that you are resilient, and being resilient does not imply that you are always capable of getting things done with such confidence (β = -0.170, p = 0.006). Finally, the results showed that students have higher Emotional Intelligence, but this does not imply that it helps to increase Resilience or Self-Efficacy (β = 0.013; p = 0.394). Thus, this study may provide new insights into how students fare after completing a two-year online course and transitioning to blended learning, which is what the students are currently undertaking.