title: Correlates and Predictors of Resilience among Baccalaureate Nursing Students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A growing body of literature recognizes the importance of resilience in the nursing profession. Both mindfulness and resilience aid in handling stress, stress increases the risk of rumination and/or worry especially in females and they are more empathetic than other healthcare students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify correlates and predictors of the resilience among nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive correlation study and we have recruited 194 participants (1-4thyear B.Sc Nursing) from Government College of Nursing and NIMHANS College of Nursing in Bangalore, India. The following instruments were used to collect the data, Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI), Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ), Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Data was analysed using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resilience is significantly correlated with mindfulness, perseverative thinking and empathy in nursing students. Based on regression analysis this model accounted for almost 33% of variance in resilience. This result is of interest as mindfulness alone explained 23% of the variance and unproductive Repeated Negative Thinking (RNT) and RNT consuming mental capacity predicted 8% and 2% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support the importance of resilience and mindfulness in nursing students. Hence, resilience and/or mindfulness enhancing interventions should be inculcated in nursing education.
authors.affiliation: Research Scholar, Division of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA University , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Monali Devaraj
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mathad
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Division of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA University , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Balaram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Division of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA University , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Sasidharan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rajesh
keywords: Empathy; Mindfulness; Nursing education; Repeated negative thinking