Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify personal, contextual, and cognitive factors influencing the career preparation behavior of Korean nursing students. In this study, an examination was done of the fitness of a path model for the relationship among these factors based on the social cognitive career theory.
Methods
The participants were 413 nursing students in South Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires that included self-esteem, social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectation, career decision level, and career preparation behavior. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and path analysis.
Results
The factors influencing career preparation behavior were self-efficacy, career decision level, self-esteem, outcome expectation, and social support. The factors influencing career decision level were self-efficacy, outcome expectation, self-esteem, and social support.
Conclusion
The findings indicate that self-efficacy is an important factor influencing the career behavior of Korean nursing students. Nurse educators should consider personal, contextual, and cognitive factors of nursing students and develop systemic career guidance programs to help nursing students’ career preparation behavior.

Citations

• Effects of Self-Esteem, Problem-Solving Ability, and Professional Nursing Values on the Career Identity of Nursing College Students in South Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Jisun Min, Hyunlye Kim, Jaeyong Yoo
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2021; 18(16): 8531.     CrossRef
• Effect of Self-Esteem, Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being on Resilience in Nursing Students
  Young Eun Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Sun Young Park
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 385.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify the effects of the Positive Peer Relationship Training Program on self-esteem, bullying, and depression.
METHODS
The research design was a quasi-experimental research with a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized pre-posttest. The recruited participants were forty-four 6th graders at an elementary school in G city. The research was carried out from September 10 to November 19, 2012. To test the effects of the Positive Peer Relationship Training Program, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group (23) and a control group (21). The Positive Peer Relationship Training Program was provided to the experiment group for 45 minutes/session twice a week, for 4 weeks. Data were analyzed using Fisher's exact probability test, chi2-test and t-test with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
After attending the Positive Peer Relationship Training Program, no significant differences were found in self-esteem scores but significant differences were found in bullying and depression scores between the experimental group and the control group (t=1.27, p=.212, t=-2.10, p=.042; t=-2.37, p=.023).
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that the Positive Peer Relationship Training Program is an effective nursing intervention for decreasing bullying and depression among Children in Early Adolescence.

Citations

• School-based interventions to promote adolescent health: A systematic review in low- and middle-income countries of WHO Western Pacific Region
  Tao Xu, Sachi Tomokawa, Ernesto R. Gregorio, Priya Mannava, Mari Nagai, Howard Sobel, Rachel A. Annunziato
  PLOS ONE.2020; 15(3): e0230046.     CrossRef
• Effects of Peer Helper Training Program on Existential Spiritual Well-being, Peer Relationship, and Depression for Students Attending a Specialized Girls Vocational High School
  Hyun-Ok Jung, Hoy-Ok Song, Mi-Hyang Kim, Hee-Sook Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Menta.2015; 24(4): 310.     CrossRef