Resilience, stress, and psychological well-being in nursing students: A systematic review
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Objective Synthesize the evidence relating to the interaction of resilience, stress, and well-being in undergraduate nursing students across countries.Design Systematic review DATA SOURCES: Peer reviewed studies published from 2008 to December 2018 were searched in CINAHL, Web of Science, Medline (OVID), PsycINFo and four biomedical databases originating from China (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, VIP and CMB).Review methods Adhering to the preferred reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines, eight databases were searched. Twelve studies, which met the inclusion criteria, were extracted, and subject to quality appraisal by two researchers.Results In total, 12 papers were included. Outcome analysis revealed the level of resilience as moderate; stress levels were high and the incidence of negative psychological health accounts for a proportion of nursing students. The interaction between resilience and stress and well-being was high. Resilience and low stress were found to better predict well-being. All the studies cited recommendations to inform educational policy and practice in relation to resilience, well-being, and stress among undergraduate nursing students.Conclusions This was the first systematic review to synthesize the evidence relating to the interaction of resilience, stress, and well-being in undergraduate nursing students across cultural settings. Evidence confirms the importance of resilience in nursing students influencing stress and psychosocial morbidity. Nursing educational strategies that foster and enhance resilience is recommended.
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- Authors
- Li, Z.-S., & Hasson, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hasson, Felicity
- ORCID
- Hasson, Felicity
- Venue
- Nurse Education Today
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 90
- Pages
- 104440
- ISSN
- 0260-6917 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3016870243
- Cited by
- 416
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 63 · 2025: 72 · 2024: 88 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 4 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 10.08
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- pure.ulster.ac.uk
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- resilience, stress, psychological well-being, nursing students, undergraduate nursing education, psychosocial morbidity, nursing education strategies
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