Home⇛SALETTINIAN OPEN ACADEMIC REVIEW⇛vol. 8 no. 1 (2026)

Psychological Factors Influencing Nursing Student'S Behavior: A Basis For Behavior Intervention Plan

Al-june Palermo

Discipline: Mental Health Nursing

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the psychosocial factors that affect the nursing students’ behavior. These factors were divided into three categories: individual student, immediate, and indirect environmental factors. Utilizing the descriptive research design, the structured questionnaires were distributed to the 97 fourth-year nursing students of a university in Ilagan City, Isabela, chosen through stratified random sampling. A self-made questionnaire was utilized with a reliability score of 0.94. Percentage distribution, weighted mean, t-test, and one-way ANOVA were utilized to analyze the gathered data. The result revealed that the majority of the respondents are 19-23 years old, commonly female, single, from section A, Roman Catholics, and Ilocanos. Psychosocial factors such as individual student factors, immediate environmental factors, and indirect environmental factors greatly influence the students’ behavior, particularly their physical well-being, school assistance and guidance, and environmental incidents. Also, there is no significant difference in the psychosocial factors that influence nursing students’ behavior when grouped according to age, gender, year level, religion, and ethnicity. This indicates that nursing students have the same psychosocial factors across the demographic profiles. To address the psychosocial factors that influence nursing students’ behavior, there should be an enhancement of self-reliance, individual self-discipline, and a relationship to the environment as a support system. Developing healthy relationships towards self, parents, school administration, including teachers and peers, and the community.



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