The more
psychologically healthy the nursing students are, the more likely they
will be productive and successful in their academic and clinical
training. Ultimately, healthy and productive nurses will be able to
handle the challenges of the nursing profession and provide good
patient care as well as contribute to the nursing profession.
Although previous studies have explored different aspects of
nursing students' mental and psychological health in various
little attention has been paid to investigating the psychological wellbeing
of nursing students compared to their non-nursing student
peers. The present study compared Thai nursing students to a
comparable group of non-nursing students to investigate their
psychological well-being as measured by four variables—self-esteem,
life satisfaction, depression, and social difficulties. The gender effect
on the measured psychological well-being variables was also
examined.