Table 7.

Correlation between general and nursing self-efficacy and psychological capital according to where students grew up.

Variable		GSE	NSE	GSE	NSE	GSE	NSE
		Metropolitan (n = 62)		Regional (n = 46)		Rural (n = 91)
NSE	Pearson (r)	0.325 *	-	0.466 **	-	0.456 **	-
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.049	-	0.005	-	0.005	-
	N	62		46		91
Efficacy	Pearson (r)	0.334 *	0.265	0.257	−0.147	0.561 **	0.314 **
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.039	0.171	0.358	0.863	0.005	0.009
	n	62	62	46	46	91	91
Hope	Pearson (r)	0.390 **	0.405 **	0.478 **	0.113	0.603 **	0.313 **
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.009	0.005	0.005	0.951	0.005	0.009
	n	62	62	46	46	91	91
Resilience	Pearson (r)	0.399 **	0.094	0.323	0.141	0.502 **	0.218
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.957	0.136	0.883	0.005	0.176
	n	62	62	46	46	91	91
Optimism	Pearson (r)	0.408 **	0.169	0.401 **	0.266	0.577 **	0.353 **
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.005	0.646	0.029	0.319	0.005	0.005
	n	62	62	46	46	91	91

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