A Pilot Study of Academic Self-Efficacy in First-Semester Nursing Students

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Keyword: Stress

Abstract: This study examined factors influencing academic self-efficacy in first-semester nursing students. Neuroticism, stress, and anxiety were negatively correlated with self-efficacy. Multiple regression identified stress as the key predictor of low self-efficacy, reinforcing the need to introduce healthy coping and stress reduction strategies at the earliest stages of nurses’ training.