TITLE:
Decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle in nursing students
AUTHORS:
BongSuk Lee, Ji-Su Kim
KEYWORDS:
Undergraduate Nursing Students; Decision Making; Self-Determination; Lifestyle
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.3 No.2,
June
3,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Introduction:
This study identifies and analyzes the levels of relations between
decision-making competency,
self-determination, and health lifestyle in nursing students. Methods:
This study was designed as a descriptive research to identify the relations of
nursing students’ decision-making
competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle. The subjects
were 187 nursing students. Data were collected using a structured
questionnaire and were analyzed by the IBM SPSS Statistics 19 program. Results:
Decision-making competency of nursing
students was 3.38 ± 0.41 points, and self-determination was 3.07 ± 0.38
points. Stress and physical exercise were the general and health-related
lifestyle factors that contributed to the differences in decision-making
competency. There were no differences in self-determination according to these
factors. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the levels of
decision-making competency and
self-determination in nursing students were moderate. Further studies
are recommended for the development of these core abilities in nursing students.