ArticleRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P2025
General health, anxiety, and depression: relationship with perceived self-efficacy and positive mental health in nursing students.
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- Mental Health in Pregnant Adolescents: Associations with Family Structure, Educational Continuity, and Marital Status.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations between physical exercise and aging anxiety among older adults: a serial statistical mediation analysis involving self-efficacy and health anxiety.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-Scale) in Peruvian Nursing Professionals.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze the general health, anxiety, and depression of nursing students and analyze their relationship with the perception of general self-efficacy and positive mental health while coping with COVID-19.
methodA cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study with 138 nursing students from a public institution. Instruments were applied for sociodemographic variables, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the General Health Questionnaire, and the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire. The analyses included descriptive statistics, correlations, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression.
resultsA 5% increase in the Positive Mental Health score was associated with a 20.4% reduction in the probability of anxiety (OR = 0.83; 95% CI: 0.73-0.93) and a 26.6% reduction in the probability of depression (OR = 0.79; 95% CI: 0.70-0.89). Similar increases in the General Health Questionnaire were associated with higher probabilities of anxiety (29%) and depression (18%). A 5% increase in the perception of general self-efficacy reduced the probability of both outcomes (anxiety and depression) by 12.4%.
conclusionPositive mental health and self-efficacy were protective factors, reinforcing the importance of institutional actions to promote academic well-being.
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