Quality of Life and the Predictive Roles of Religiosity and Spiritual Coping Among Nursing Students: A Multi-country Study

There has been high interest in religious and spirituality practices among college students due to positive benefits to university life. However, no studies have been conducted examining nursing students' religiosity and use of spiritual coping and its impact on their QOL. This cross-sectional,...

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Published inJournal of religion and health Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 1573 - 1591
Main Authors Felicilda-Reynaldo, Rhea Faye D., Cruz, Jonas Preposi, Papathanasiou, Ionna V., Shaji, John C. Helen, Kamau, Simon M., Adams, Kathryn A., Valdez, Glenn Ford D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer 01.10.2019
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Aging
Clinical Psychology
College students
Coping
Coping strategies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health
Humans
India
Kenya
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nurses
Nursing education
Original Paper
Personal health
Predictions
Public Health
Quality of Life
Religion
Religion and Psychology
Religiosity
Religious identity
Religious Studies
Spirituality
Students, Nursing - psychology
United States
Young Adult
Kenya
United States
India
Nursing students
Spirituality
Spiritual coping
Religiosity
Quality of life
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Summary:There has been high interest in religious and spirituality practices among college students due to positive benefits to university life. However, no studies have been conducted examining nursing students' religiosity and use of spiritual coping and its impact on their QOL. This cross-sectional, descriptive study measured the QOL and examined the predictive roles of religiosity and spiritual coping among nursing students from four countries. Nursing students reported high overall QOL and health. Significant differences were revealed on the religiosity and spiritual coping of students in terms of demographic characteristics. Findings show frequent attendance to organized and non-organized religious activities lead to better physical and environmental domains, and using non-organized religious activities frequently lead to improved psychological health. More frequent use of non-religious coping strategies was associated with better physical, psychological, and environmental health, and improved social relationships.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-019-00771-4