Abstract:
There has been high interest in religious and spirituality practices among college
students due to positive benefits to university life. However, no studies have been
conducted examining nursing students' religiosity and use of spiritual coping and
its impact on their QOL. This cross-sectional, descriptive study measured the QOL
and examined the predictive roles of religiosity and spiritual coping among nursing students from four countries. Nursing students reported high overall QOL and
health. Significant differences were revealed on the religiosity and spiritual coping
of students in terms of demographic characteristics. Findings show frequent attendance to organized and non-organized religious activities lead to better physical and
environmental domains, and using non-organized religious activities frequently lead
to improved psychological health. More frequent use of non-religious coping strategies was associated with better physical, psychological, and environmental health,
and improved social relationships
