The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Psychological Capital Among Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: university students’ spiritual well-being (swb) is a potentially decisive factor in strengthening positive concepts, such as psychological capital (psycap). objectives: this study investigated the relationship between swb and psycap among nursing students. methods: the present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 383 nursing students of a four-year educational program using a convenience sampling method from july to december 2021 in iran. the tools applied in this study were the psychological capital (psycap) questionnaire and the spiritual well-being scale (swbs). pearson’s correlation coefficient and hierarchy of multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. results: the results of pearson’s correlation coefficient showed a positive and significant relationship between religious well-being (rwb) and self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience (r ranging from 0.36 to 0.45, p < 0.01). also, the correlation coefficients between existential well-being (ewb) and self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience (r ranging from 0.41 to 0.61, p < 0.01) were positive and significant. hierarchical multiple regression revealed that two areas of swb were explained: 26.6%, 37.7%, 29.6%, and 17.9% of the variance in the students’ self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience, respectively. conclusions: swb is a substantial issue in promoting the students’ psycap, and it is possible to improve their psycap through spirituality-based interventions.