A Study on Relationships Among Self-esteem, Major Satisfaction, Social Support and College Life Adjustment of Nursing Students

This study was descriptive survey research to examine the relationships between selfesteem, major satisfaction, social support, and college life adjustment of nursing students.The subjects were 95 first-grade nursing students at a college located in G city.The data collected by self-reported questionnaires were used to identify general characteristics, selfesteem, major satisfaction, social support, and college life adjustment.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients in the SPSS statistics 20.0 program.The mean score of college life adjustment was 3.45±0.45.College life adjustment was significantly positive correlation of self-esteem (r=.661, p<.001), major satisfaction (r=.619, p<.001), social support (r=.513, p<.001).Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to be considered self-esteem, major satisfaction, and social support during the development convergence intervention program to improve the college life adjustment of nursing students.