Table 6.

Correlation between general and nursing self-efficacy and psychological capital among age groups.

Variable		GSE	NSE	GSE	NSE	GSE	NSE
		Under 25 (n = 61)		25–45 (n = 112)		Over 45 (n = 23)
NSE	Pearson (r)	0.615 **	-	0.364 **	-	0.421 **	-
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	-	0.005	-	0.005	-
	n	61		112		23
Efficacy	Pearson (r)	0.600 **	0.431 **	0.359 **	0.151	0.408	0.106
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.447	0.242	0.993
	n	59	61	112	112	23	23
Hope	Pearson (r)	0.536 **	0.457 **	0.548 **	0.325 **	0.521	−0.072
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.053	0.998
	n	61	61	112	112	23	23
Resilience	Pearson (r)	0.573 **	0.344 **	0.392 **	0.171	0.379	−0.074
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.034	0.005	0.308	0.322	0.998
	n	61	61	112	112	23	23
Optimism	Pearson (r)	0.464 **	0.315	0.559 **	0.329 **	0.373	0.038
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.063	0.005	0.005	0.337	0.998
	n	61	61	112	112	23	23

p < 0.05 *, p < 0.01 **, p < 0.001 ***.