Purpose: This study aimed to observe coping strategies and career identity in nursing students, and examine the influence of coping strategy on career identity. Methods: Data from 329 third- and fourth-year nursing students was collected using structured self-reports questionnaires for two months. Descriptive statistics were calculated and the data analyzed with independent t-tests, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: The nursing students scored highest on the passive coping style of hopeful thinking. Positive coping strategies were positively correlated with career identity. The final regression model showed that coping strategy and satisfaction with the participant’s major accounted for 37.6% of the variance in predictions of career identity, with problem-focused coping strategy as the single most influential factor. Conclusion: These findings suggest that a range of active efforts are needed to increase the use of problem-focused coping strategies to improve the career identity of nursing students.

ABSTRACT
 Ⅰ. 서 론
  1. 연구의 필요성
  2. 연구의 목적
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구 설계
  2. 연구대상
  3. 연구도구
  4. 자료수집 절차 및 방법
  5. 자료 분석
 Ⅲ. 연구결과
  1. 대상자의 일반적 특성 및 특성에 따른스트레스 대처방식과 진로정체감
  2. 임상실습 중 간호대학생의 스트레스대처방식과 진로정체감 수준
  3. 간호대학생의 스트레스 대처방식과 진로정체감의 관계
  4. 간호대학생의 스트레스 대처방식이 진로정체감에 미치는 영향
 Ⅳ. 논 의
 Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언
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• 노기옥(건양대학교 간호대학 간호학과 조교수) | Gie Ok Noh (Assistant professor, College of Nursing, Konyang University) Corresponding Author