Effect of Self-leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Social Support on Problem Solving Ability of Nursing Students

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of self-leadership, emotional intelligence, social support, and problem-solving ability of nursing college students, and to understand the factors that affect problem-solving ability.Methods: Participants were in 2nd and 3rd grade of nursing students. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0 program using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression analysis.Results: The significant influencing factors of problem-solving ability were self-leadership. β= 0.36 (p= 0.001), emotional intelligence β= 0.15 (p< 0.04), social support β= 0.29 (p< 0.001) and club activity β= 0.14 (p< 0.02). These factors explained 45.5% of the variance (R2= 0.46, p< 0.001).Conclusions: This study showed that problem-solving ability were influencing factors on self-leadership and it is necessary to develop various strategies to improve self leadership in nursing college students.