title: The role of ego-resiliency in the relationship between social anxiety and problem solving ability among South Korean nursing students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Problem-solving is a core ability that nursing students should develop during their education. There is a need to better understand the importance of problem-solving and the factors related to it among nursing students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to identify the role of ego-resiliency in the relationship between social anxiety and problem-solving ability in Korean nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from a total of 329 nursing students who were enrolled in three nursing programs in South Korea, using a self-administrated questionnaire. Data were mainly analyzed by Baron and Kenny's three-step regression analysis and the Sobel test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ego-resiliency played a partial mediating role in the relationship between social anxiety and problem-solving ability. Further, the Sobel test suggested a mediating effect of ego-resiliency on the relationship between social anxiety and problem-solving (Z=-9.079, p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To enhance problem-solving ability in nursing students, nursing educators should establish educational strategies that decrease social anxiety and improve ego-resiliency.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Hee
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea. Electronic address: kjdooly@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gyungjoo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Ego-resiliency; Nursing student; Problem-solving ability; Social anxiety