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Abstract

Purpose: To explore the relationships between resilience, religiousness, grit, calling, and differentiation of self in nursing students.

Methods: A cross-sectional design with a questionnaire was used. A total of 434 nursing students currently enrolled in a nursing degree program completed the online questionnaire, for a response rate of 32.3%. The study used the Indonesian version of the following instruments: 1) CD-RISC 10; 2) Four Basic Dimensions of Religiousness; 3) 12-Item Grit Scale; 4) Brief Calling Scale; 5) Differentiation of Self.

Results: Most of the participants were female, enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing program, and desired to be nurses to help or to serve others. The average age of the participants was 20.4 years old. The mean scores of religiousness, grit, and the dimension of maintaining identity in differentiation of self were higher than in previous studies with Indonesian students. Several significant correlations (p < .01) existed between the variables. The Cronbach’s alpha for each instrument was between .61 and .91.

Conclusion: The most significant positive correlations were found between the variables of resilience, grit, and the maintaining identity dimension of differentiation of self. These findings can appraise nurse educators of the importance of intentionally including content regarding these variables for nursing students. Nurse educators will need to explore interventions to teach and promote these variables in nursing programs to better assist students in completing the program and meeting the ongoing challenges of the nursing profession. Additional research will be needed to measure the effectiveness of those interventions.

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