TY - JOUR AU - Jantaweemuang, Varinlada AU - Balthip, Karnsunaphat AU - Petchruschatachart, Usanee PY - 2019/02/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of Contemplative Education Program on Spiritual well-being of Nursing Students JF - Journal of Nursing, Siam University JA - JNSU VL - 19 IS - 37 SE - research article DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nursingsiamjournal/article/view/152037 SP - 84-102 AB - <p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This quasi-experimental research is aimed at examining the effect of a contemplative education program on the spiritual well-being of nursing students. Two southern nursing colleges, located in city municipalities, were selected by multi-stage sampling. &nbsp;Students from each college were randomly allocated to either an experimental group (n = 40) or a control group (n = 39). The experimental group received the contemplative education program for a period of 8 weeks using group activities. The control group received the normal education program. The instruments used in this study consisted of the contemplative education program and the Nursing students’ spiritual well-being questionnaire. &nbsp;These two instruments were validated for content validity. The Nursing students’ spiritual well-being questionnaire was tested for reliability on 30 nursing students using Cronbach’ alpha coefficient, which yielded the value of .84. Demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square, and likelihood ratio and the difference of the mean scores of spiritual well-being were analyzed using t-test.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The results revealed that the mean scores of spiritual well-being in the experimental group were significantly higher at posttest than at pretest (<em>p</em>&lt; .001). The mean posttest scores of spiritual well-being in the experimental group were slightly lower than that of the control group but the difference was not significant (<em>p &gt; .05</em>)</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The effect of the contemplative education program did not differ between the experimental group and the control group, therefore this programs must be re-tested in the same educational institutions and the process manager needs to have enough contemplative education experience.</p> ER -