Relationship Between Social Capital and Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Nursing Students

Background: health-promoting lifestyle as an important factor in psychological and physical well-being improves the quality of life. a health-centered approach to life can be facilitated through several social components, such as social and cultural capital. this study aimed to determine the relationship between social capital and the health-promoting lifestyle of nursing students. methods: it was a descriptive correlational study. a total number of 200 undergraduate nursing students of iran university of medical sciences were recruited using stratified proportional to size sampling. also, data were collected by the walker health-promotion lifestyle profile-ii and the onyx and bullen social capital questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, the t test, the analysis of variance, and the pearson correlation coefficient, in spss v. 20. results: the mean scores of social capital and health-promoting lifestyle was 2.44 and 2.47, respectively. social capital was significantly associated with the health-promoting lifestyle (p<0.001). moreover, economic status was significantly correlated with social capital (p=0.004). also, a significant relationship was observed between employment status and health-promoting lifestyle (p=0.002). conclusion: as a step toward having healthy nursing students, the officials, educational policymakers, and faculty members are suggested to take appropriate interventions to promote their social capital.