Factor Analysis of Nursing Students’ Well-Being in Nursing Colleges Affiliated with the Praboromarajchanok Institute, Central Region Network
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This descriptive research aimed to: (1) study the well-being of nursing students in nursing colleges affiliated with the Praboromarajchanok Institute in the Central Region Network; and (2) analyze the component of their well-being. The participants were 580 nursing students selected through multi-stage sampling from nursing colleges affiliated with the Praboromarajchanok Institute in the Central Region. The research instrument was a well-being questionnaire, divided into 5 sections: general information, having, loving, being, and health. The reliability coefficients of the instruments were 0.89, 0.92, 0.86, and 0.84, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and confirmatory factor analysis.
The findings revealed that: (1) the well-being of nursing students comprised 4 key components: having, loving, being and health. The well-being model was consistent with the empirical data (c2 = 2.87, df = 2, p = .24, CFI = .99, TLI = .99, RMSEA = .03, SRMR = .01, c2 /df = 1.44). The most important aspect was loving, which a standardized factor loading of .91, followed by being (.89), having (.69), and the least important aspect was health (.53); and
(2) Overall, the well-being of nursing students was at a good level (Mean = 4.00, SD = 0.40). Among the components, loving had the highest average score (Mean = 4.14, SD = 0.44), followed by being (Mean = 4.05, SD = 0.46), having (Mean = 3.94, SD = 0.49), and health (Mean = 3.82, SD = 0.54), all indicating a good level of well-being.
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