Effects of Positive Affect, Optimism and Flow of Nursing Srudents on Academic Self-efficacy: Mediacting Subjective Happiness

Objectives This study aims to confirm the effects of positive emotions, optimism, and flow of nursing students on academic self-efficacy by mediating subjective happiness. Based on these results, it is intended to provide help in improving the educational environment of nursing colleges in the future by providing basic data and measures to improve the academic self-efficacy of nursing students. Methods This study collected data from February 19 to February 26, 2024 for nursing students nationwide using online (SNS). In this study, the excess data collected in consideration of the characteristics of the online questionnaire was immediately discarded without using it, so a total of 199 questionnaires were used for the final analysis, excluding one questionnaire with missing values out of 200 questionnaires. Results Among the general characteristics of nursing students, there was a significant difference in academic self-efficacy in the presence or absence of religion, and those with religion were higher. In addition, it was found that subjective happiness was partially mediated in the relationship between positive emotion, optimism and commitment and academic self-efficacy. Conclusions It is necessary to provide a positive psychology-based out-of-curricular program that can increase positive emotions, optimism and flow in consideration of low-yellow personal, social, and psychological characteristics to improve the subjective happiness of nursing students, and to secure counseling facilities in universities and establish a professional neosocial support system.