Abstract
Introduction: This study identifies and analyzes the levels of relations between decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle in nursing students. Methods: This study was designed as a descriptive research to identify the relations of nursing students’ decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle. The subjects were 187 nursing students. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and were analyzed by the IBM SPSS Statistics 19 program. Results: Decision-making competency of nursing students was 3.38 ± 0.41 points, and self-determination was 3.07 ± 0.38 points. Stress and physical exercise were the general and health-related lifestyle factors that contributed to the differences in decision-making competency. There were no differences in self-determination according to these factors. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the levels of decision-making competency and self-determination in nursing students were moderate. Further studies are recommended for the development of these core abilities in nursing students.
Highlights
This study identifies and analyzes the levels of relations between decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle in nursing students
Young adult years are a transitional period that starts during college life, wherein one goes through identity conflict, wandering, and confusion in an attempt to prepare oneself for the adult life; typically, this period is associated with high levels of stress among individuals [1]
In case of external motivation, it is a status that has the lowest autonomy among all other extrinsic motivations, which implies lacking self-will because it acts upon external limitations, and selfdetermination is the lowest in this status [7,19]
Summary
This study identifies and analyzes the levels of relations between decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle in nursing students. Methods: This study was designed as a descriptive research to identify the relations of nursing students’ decision-making competency, self-determination, and health lifestyle. Results: Decision-making competency of nursing students was 3.38 ± 0.41 points, and self-determination was 3.07 ± 0.38 points. Stress and physical exercise were the general and healthrelated lifestyle factors that contributed to the differences in decision-making competency. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the levels of decision-making competency and self-determination in nursing students were moderate. For nursing students, the aim is to improve decision-making competency by involving them in clinical reasoning process [5], which requires them to organize and prioritize given information. They are rather in continuance according to autonomy or self-determination that even with an interruption by an extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation can preserve self-determination [8]
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