Correlation between professional identity and level of general self-efficacy in the undergraduate nursing students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2013.28.030
- VernacularTitle:本科护生专业认同与自我效能水平的相关性
- Author:
Yu-Mei YANG
1
;
Yin-Feng WANG
;
Jing ZHANG
;
Shuo LI
;
Chun-Yan TAO
;
Tong WU
Author Information
1. 150086,哈尔滨医科大学附属第二医院第一手术室
- Keywords:
Undergraduate nursing students;
Professional identity;
Self-efficacy;
Correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2013;19(28):3532-3535
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the professional identity and general self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing students,and explore the correlation between them.Methods Two hundreds and fifteen undergraduate nursing students from one medical university were surveyed by general situation questionnaire,undergraduate nursing students' professional identity questionnaire and general self-efficacy scale questionnaire.Results Two hundreds and fifteen questionnaires were issued and 203 questionnaires were responsive with an effective response rate of 94.4%.The overall score of professional identity in the undergraduate nursing students was (84.50 ± 8.56),which was in the middle level.The score of professional expectation was highest (3.89 ±0.53),and the score of professional affection was lowest (2.75 ± 0.57).The overall score of general selfefficacy was 25.79 ± 4.86,and the general self-efficacy in the undergraduate nursing students was positively related with professional identity (r =0.199,P < 0.001).Conclusions An in-depth understanding in the relationship of professional identity and general self-efficacy among the undergraduate nursing students could help teacher adopt individual coping styles so as to improve nursing students' professional identity and self-efficacy thereby promote the development of nursing.