Influencing Factors of Self-Regulation, Interpersonal Skills, and Intrinsic Motivation on Clinical Field Adaptation among Novice Nurses
10.22650/JKCNR.2025.31.3.316
- Author:
Da Sol KIM
1
;
So Young CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2025;31(3):316-325
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose:This study aimed to identify the levels of self-regulation, interpersonal skills, intrinsic motivation, and clinical field adaptation among novice nurses, and to examine the correlations between these variables and their effects on clinical field adaptation.
Methods:This study included 175 novice nurses who had between 3 and 36 months of clinical experience working from one tertiary hospital in J City and one general hospital in C City, G Province. Data were collected from November 28, 2024 to February 25, 2025. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS/WIN 27.0 program.
Results:Clinical field adaptation showed statistically significant differences were observed by gender (t=2.07, p=.040), total clinical experience (F=3.61, p=.029), and current department (t=-2.50, p=.013). Clinical field adaptation was positively correlated with self-regulation (r=.56, p<.001), interpersonal skills (r=.33, p<.001), and intrinsic motivation (r=.61, p<.001); furthermore, these three variables were also positively correlated with each other. The factor with the greatest effect on clinical field adaptation was intrinsic motivation (β=.45, p<.001), followed by self-regulation (β=.28, p<.001), and current department (β=.14, p=.020). These factors accounted for 48.0% of the variance in clinical field adaptation.
Conclusion:Intrinsic motivation, self-regulation, and the work department were significant factors affecting the clinical field adaptation of novice nurses. Therefore, these findings suggest that to facilitate the smooth clinical field adaptation of novice nurses, it is necessary to enhance their self-regulation and intrinsic motivation, while also considering the work department environment.
