Relationship between social support perceived by nursing students and stress coping: Focusing on the moderating effect of major satisfaction

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of major satisfaction on the social support of nursing students and stress coping. Methods/Statistical analysis: 135 male and female nursing college students using convenience sampling. The tools used were social support tool, modified and supplemented by Park and K-CSI(Korean Version of Stress Coping Strategy) developed by Amirkhan and Ha Hae Sook’s major satisfaction tool. Data were analyzed using Pearson coefficient correlation and multiple regression analysis using SPSS23. Findings: Social support and stress coping showed a somewhat higher correlation coefficient of.519 and the higher the social support, the higher the stress coping ability. Also, stress coping and majors’ satisfaction were also correlated with a somewhat higher correlation coefficient of.576. In the relationship between stressors coping with social support, major satisfaction was found to have a moderating effect. In other words, R2 is increasing at 51.9% in Model 1, 53.1% in Model 2, and 56.6% in Model 3. The significance level of the third stage was.007 (p