Factors Related to Happiness in Learning among Naval Nurse Students

Abstract

            The purposes of this descriptive research were to study the naval nurse students’ happiness in learning, to compare happiness in learning at different year levels, and to investigate various factors related to happiness in learning including characteristics of the students, the learning management, the teachers, the students attending institutions, the institutions as well as the characteristics of the parents. The sample consisted of 148 naval nurse students of the Royal Thai Navy College of Nursing from first year to fourth year in academic year 2022 who were recruited by using a stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire about happiness in learning, and its related factors. This instrument was tested for content validity by 3 experts. The question content validity value was between 0.67 - 1.00. The Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients approached for reliability were 0.94 and 0.96 respectively. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA, and pearson correlation coefficients.
            The study results revealed as follows:
            1. The overall happiness in learning among naval nurse students was at a high level (Mean = 3.82, SD = 0.51) with the highest average in attitude toward the nursing profession (Mean = 4.22, SD = 0.54), followed by satisfaction in themselves which were at a high level (Mean = 4.00, SD = 0.71) and the lowest average in learning satisfaction was at a moderate level (Mean = 3.43, SD = 0.69).
            2. The 1^st - 4^th year naval nurse students had different happiness in learning which was statistically significant at the level of .05 and found out that the first year had more happiness in learning than the fourth year.
            3. The factors on the characteristics of students, learning management, teachers, the students attending institutions, the institutions, and the characteristics of parents were statistically significant and positively related to happiness in learning among nursing students which was at a moderate level (r = .689, .537, .533, .458, .454, .323 respectively, p < .05).