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Applying the social cognitive model of well-being in the nursing clinical practicum: A structural equation modeling
Juan Arribas-Marín1, Vicente Hernández-Franco2, Calixto Plumed-Moreno1
1San Juan de Dios' University School of Nursing and Physical Therapy, Comillas Pontifical University, Avda. San Juan de Dios, 1. Ciempozuelos, 28350, Madrid, Spain.
Background:
Clinical education, understanding as practicum, plays a key role in nursing education but has been identified as the most challenging and stressful experience for nursing students. Promoting student satisfaction and well-being during clinical practice has a significant effect on learning outcomes, retention and attrition.
Objectives:
To examine the predictive power of a social cognitive model of wellbeing when applied to explain academic satisfaction in the clinical practicum and overall life satisfaction of Spanish nursing students.
Design/Participants:
A cross-sectional correlational study was conducted at four Spanish nursing schools in a 586 student's sample.
Methods:
Data were collected through a self-reported questionnaire that included measures of academic support, self-efficacy, goal progress, academic satisfaction, life satisfaction and trait positive affect. The research model was evaluated through structural equation modeling.
Results:
The proposed model fit well in the full sample and accounted for substantial portions of the variance in academic (50%) and life satisfaction (21%). Most of the hypotheses formulated were verified. The model was invariant across academic year.
Conclusions:
The results indicated global support for the social cognitive model of academic satisfaction as a guide for developing interventions to facilitate the positive adjustment and wellbeing of nursing students in the practicum.
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