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- Title
Role of Self-Directed Learning in Communication Competence and Self-Efficacy.
- Authors
Youngshin Song; Soon Young Yun; Sun-Ae Kim; Eun-Kyong Ahn; Mi Sook Jung
- Abstract
Background: Although effective self-directed learning (SDL) has been shown to improve clinical performance, little is known about its role between communication competence and communication self-efficacy in nursing students. This study aimed to identify whether SDL mediates the relationship between communication competence and communication self-efficacy. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 213 nursing students taking a basic fundamentals of nursing course. A path diagram, using structural equation modeling, was used to estimate the direct and indirect effects of communication competence on communication self-efficacy, controlling for SDL as a mediator. Results: A structural equation model confirmed direct and indirect effects of communication competence on communication self-efficacy when SDL was controlled as a mediator. An appropriate fit to the data was identified in this mediation model of SDL. Conclusions: For enhancing self-efficacy regarding communication skill, the specified SDL program based on the level of communication competence will yield more effective results. [For enhancing self-efficacy regarding communication skill, the specified SDL program based on the level of communication competence will yield more effective results. [J Nurs Educ. 2015;54(10):559--564.]
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; CHI-squared test; COMMUNICATIVE competence; NURSING education; NURSING students; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); AUTODIDACTICISM; SELF-efficacy; SURVEYS; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Education, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 10, p559
- ISSN
0148-4834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/01484834-20150916-03