Abstract
Objective To explore the correlation between nursing students' hardiness personality and professional commitment. Methods 1 115 undergraduate nursing students from 3 medical universities in Guangzhou were investigated with the scales of hardiness personality and nursing professional commitment. Results The scores of hardiness personality and professional commitment were (2.55 ± 0.44)and (2.70 ± 0.43), respectively, and both of them were at the middle level. Correlation analysis revealed that hardiness personality was positively related to professional commitment (P<0.01), and the challenge dimension of hardiness personality had positive predictive effect on professional commitment. Conclusions Nursing educators should take measures to improve students' hardiness personality and professional commitment. It would help maintain the stability of the whole nursing team. Key words: Students, nursing; Hardiness personality; Professional commitment
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