Tropical and Communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of public health, School of nursing, Iranshahr university of medical sciences, Chabahar, Iranshahr, Iran.
Assistant professor, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran.
Invest Educ Enferm. 2024 Apr;42(1). doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v42n1e14.
To investigate the relationship between environmental ethics, spiritual health, and environmental behavior among nursing students.
In this cross-sectional study, 200 iranian students from the Chabahar Nursing School were selected using a simple random sampling method. The data collection tool included a questionnaire on demographic information, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards the environment, environmental ethics, and spiritual health. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized to evaluate the conceptual framework in this study.
The mean score for environmental ethics among nursing students was 65.73±10.61 out of 100. Most of the students (47%) had desirable environmental ethics. The knowledge structure (β=0.46) predicted attitude. The attitude structure also predicted environmental behavior (β=0.28) and spiritual health (β=0.31). Ultimately, the results showed that spiritual health and environmental ethics predict environmental behavior directly and indirectly (p<0.001).
Spiritual health and environmental ethics were strong predictors of environmental behavior. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account not only students' spiritual health but also their ethical behaviors to promote environmental protection behaviors in the future.
探讨护理学生环境伦理、精神健康与环境行为之间的关系。
本横断面研究采用简单随机抽样法，选取恰巴哈尔护理学院 200 名伊朗学生。数据收集工具包括一份关于人口统计学信息、环境知识、态度和行为、环境伦理和精神健康的问卷。本研究采用偏最小二乘结构方程建模（PLS-SEM）评估概念框架。
护理学生环境伦理平均得分为 100 分中的 65.73±10.61 分。大多数学生（47%）具有良好的环境伦理。知识结构（β=0.46）预测态度。态度结构也预测环境行为（β=0.28）和精神健康（β=0.31）。最终结果表明，精神健康和环境伦理直接和间接（p<0.001）预测环境行为。
精神健康和环境伦理是环境行为的有力预测因素。因此，未来有必要不仅考虑学生的精神健康，还要考虑他们的道德行为，以促进环境保护行为。
