Study on the relationship between medical students' general self-efficacy and sense life meaning
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2015.11.014
- VernacularTitle:医学院校学生一般自我效能感与生命意义感的关系研究
- Author:
Kaili ZHANG
;
Xia WANG
;
Siyuan TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical students;
General self efficacy;
Sense of life meaning;
General self efficacy scale (GSES);
Purpose in life test(PIL)
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2015;14(11):1133-1137
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the current status of students' self-efficacy and sense of life meaning in medical college students, and explore the relationship between them, then give advice to improve the students' general self-efficacy and the sense of life meaning.Methods A random sampling method was used to select 386 undergraduates in a medical college from freshman to senior.The purpose in life test (PIL) revised by He Jiying (1994) and general self efficacy scale (GSES) revised by Wang Caikang (2001) were used in this research.Data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 software, and the data were analyzed by t test, x2 test, Spearman correlation analysis.Inspection level of alpha=0.01 (double side).Results The score of GSES was (2.62 ± 0.40), and the score of PIL was (74.06 ± 11.09);t test showed that the PIL score of students with higher GSES score was higher than the PIL score of students with lower GSES score (t=5.054, P=0.000);The correlation analysis showed that GSES score was positively correlated with PIL score (r=0.283, P=0.000).Conclusion The general self-efficacy and sense of life meaning of medical college students are in the medium level, and the positive correlation exists between the two.A series of measures should be adopted to strengthen the students' general efficacy, so as to improve their sense of life.
