Association between Degree of Mental Health, Resilience and Basic Attributes in Nursing University Students

Abstract

With the objective of clarifying the association between mental health, resilience and basic attributes of nursing university students, this study involved a Google Forms survey of 91 new students at a nursing university. Results showed a negative correlation between the University Personality Inventory (UPI) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). The UPI subscales of “psychosomatic symptoms” and “obsessive compulsive tendency” were not correlated with the BRS. “Volunteer activity” showed significant differences in “depressive symptoms” and “inferiority complex” of the UPI and “optimism”, “sociability” and “vitality” of the BRS. “Can consult with faculty” showed significant differences in “depressive symptoms” and “inferiority complex” of the UPI and “optimism”, “vitality”, “attempting to solve a problem” and “self-understanding” of the BRS. In particular, “vitality” and “self-understanding” were significantly different only among faculty, suggesting the importance of faculty involvement.