Nursing Students’ Subjective Happiness: A Social Network Analysis

Eun-Joo Kim, Ji-Young Lim, Geun-Myun Kim and Seong-Kwang Kim
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Eun-Joo Kim: Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju 26403, Korea
Ji-Young Lim: Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
Geun-Myun Kim: Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju 26403, Korea
Seong-Kwang Kim: Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju 26403, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-12

Abstract: Improving nursing students’ subjective happiness is germane for efficiency in the nursing profession. This study examined the subjective happiness of nursing students by applying social network analysis (SNA) and developing a strategy to improve the subjective happiness of nursing. The study adopted a cross sectional survey to measure subjective happiness and social network of 222 nursing students. The results revealed that the centralization index, which is a measure of intragroup interactions from the perspective of an entire network, was higher in the senior year compared with the junior year. Additionally, the indegree, outdegree, and centrality of the social network of students with a high level of subjective happiness were all found to be high. This result suggests that subjective happiness is not just an individual’s psychological perception, but can also be expressed more deeply depending on the subject’s social relationships. Based on the study’s results, to strengthen self-efficacy and resilience, it is necessary to utilize strategies that activate group dynamics, such as team activities, to improve subjective happiness. The findings can serve as basic data for future research focused on improving nursing students’ subjective happiness by consolidating team-learning social networks through a standardized program approach within a curriculum or extracurricular programs.

Keywords: nursing students; subjective happiness; social network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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