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Spiritual Well-Being and Its Relationship with Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Satisfaction with Life in Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Correlation Study

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The present study aimed to explore the correlates and predictors of spiritual well-being among nursing students. One hundred and forty-five BSc nursing students were recruited from three nursing colleges in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Data were collected using SHALOM, FMI, SCS-SF and SWLS questionnaires and analysed by the Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis. The results of our study revealed a significant correlation between variables, and a considerable amount of variance was explained by self-compassion, mindfulness and satisfaction with life on personal, communal, environmental and transcendental domains of spiritual well-being.

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We would like to thank the Principal of Government College of Nursing, SDS TRC and RGICD College of Nursing and NIMHANS College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, for giving permission to conduct my research study in their respective colleges. Also, we would like to thank all the nursing students for their participation in our study.

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Mathad, M.D., Rajesh, S.K. & Pradhan, B. Spiritual Well-Being and Its Relationship with Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Satisfaction with Life in Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Correlation Study. J Relig Health 58, 554–565 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0532-8

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