TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety and spiritual well-being in nursing students
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - Fabbris, Jéssika Leão
AU - Mesquita, Ana Cláudia
AU - Caldeira, Sílvia
AU - Carvalho, Ana Maria Pimenta
AU - Carvalho, Emilia Campos de
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Purpose: To analyze the relation between anxiety and spiritual well-being in undergraduate nursing students. Design: Cross sectional, correlational, and survey design. Method: A total of 169 students from a Brazilian Nursing School completed three instruments: demographic data, Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Findings: The mean score of SWBS was high, and the mean score of BAI was low. When experiencing anxiety, there was lower probability of experiencing high spiritual well-being. For those students considering religiosity very important, the score of SWBS was high. Students scoring lower in SWBS had more probability of experiencing moderate/high anxiety. Conclusions: Higher scores of SWBS and importance given to religiosity were related to lower scores of BAI. Also, the performance and score of spiritual well-being were related to anxiety scores. Further research is worthy to identify and validate which educational aspects could promote spiritual well-being and reduce anxiety as well as research to analyze the relation between spiritual well-being score and learning outcomes.
AB - Purpose: To analyze the relation between anxiety and spiritual well-being in undergraduate nursing students. Design: Cross sectional, correlational, and survey design. Method: A total of 169 students from a Brazilian Nursing School completed three instruments: demographic data, Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Findings: The mean score of SWBS was high, and the mean score of BAI was low. When experiencing anxiety, there was lower probability of experiencing high spiritual well-being. For those students considering religiosity very important, the score of SWBS was high. Students scoring lower in SWBS had more probability of experiencing moderate/high anxiety. Conclusions: Higher scores of SWBS and importance given to religiosity were related to lower scores of BAI. Also, the performance and score of spiritual well-being were related to anxiety scores. Further research is worthy to identify and validate which educational aspects could promote spiritual well-being and reduce anxiety as well as research to analyze the relation between spiritual well-being score and learning outcomes.
KW - Educators
KW - Spirituality
KW - Stress and coping
KW - Students
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U2 - 10.1177/0898010116655004
DO - 10.1177/0898010116655004
M3 - Article
C2 - 27324738
AN - SCOPUS:85027839389
SN - 0898-0101
VL - 35
SP - 261
EP - 270
JO - Journal of Holistic Nursing
JF - Journal of Holistic Nursing
IS - 3
ER -