간호대학생의 자아존중감, 삶의 의미 및 학업성취도의 관계

Relationships between Self-Esteem, Meaning in Life and Academic Achievement in Nursing College Students

Purpose: To investigate the relationships between self-esteem, meaning in life and academic achievement in nursing college students. Method: The study subjects consisted of 171 nursing college students. The data were collected by self-administered questionnaire from April 1st to 30th 2014. Results: 1) The mean scores self-esteem, meaning in life, and academic achievement were 3.80 (on a 5-point scale), 4.89 (on a 7-point scale), and 3.58 (on a 4.5-point scores), respectively. 2) The score of Self-esteem were significantly different by the satisfaction on major, personal relation, the score of meaning in life, by the reason for application, satisfaction of major, personal relation, perceived economic status and the score of academic achievement, by the sex, reason for application, residence type. There was significant positive correlation between self-esteem and meaning in life. But there was no significant correlation between self-esteem and academic achievement, and between meaning in life and academic achievement in nursing college students. Conclusion: There was a positive strong correlation between self-esteem and meaning in life. And no significant correlation between self-esteem and academic achievement, and between meaning in life and academic achievement. Therefore, It is needed to investigate the other variables that effect on academic achievement in nursing students.