Factors associated college life adaptation of nursing students in COVID 19 pandemic: Focusing on self-directed learning, self-efficacy and academic burnout

Objectives This study is a non-experimental, retrospective, cross-sectional study. The purpose of study is to identify factors that affect college life adaptation of nursing students in the COVID19 pandemic. Methods The subjects were 479 college students in the 1st and 4th grade at one college in B city, Gyeonggi-do. The survey period was conducted from May 16 to May 31, 2022. The data were conducted by online self-enrollment, and 179 responses were used as final analysis data. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, χ2 test, ANOVA, Pearson coefficient, and hierarchial multiple regression analysis using SPSS WIN 26.0 program. Results There was a significant difference in variables such as club activities of nursing students, economic level of family, personality, voluntary nursing department selection, theoretical class media, recent credits, and major satisfaction. The factors influencing college life adaptation were explanatory power at 63.2% due to age, grade, club activities, family economic level, major satisfaction, self-directed learning, and academic burnout. Conclusions Based on influencing factors to improve nursing students' adaptation to college life, this study can be used as a basic data for developing various learning strategies and courses to induce nursing students' self-directed learning and reduce academic burnout.