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- Title
The mediating effects of self-efficacy and study engagement on the relationship between specialty identity and career maturity of Chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Liu, Yanjia; Chong, Mei Chan; Han, Yanhong; Wang, Hui; Xiong, Lijuan
- Abstract
Background: Career maturity is a crucial indicator of career preparedness and unpreparedness can cause the turnover of new nurses. Considerable empirical work demonstrates the potential associations between specialty identity, self-efficacy, study engagement, and career maturity. This study aimed to explore the mediation role of self-efficacy and study engagement on the relationships between specialty identity and career maturity among Chinese nursing students. Methods: Four hundred twenty-six Chinese nursing students were recruited between September 11 and October 30, 2022. The online survey was conducted following the CHERRIES checklist. Electronic questionnaires assessed their perceived specialty identity, self-efficacy, study engagement, and career maturity. The descriptive analysis, Harman single-factor analysis, Pearson correlation tests, structural equation modeling, and the bootstrap method were employed in data analysis. Results: Bivariate correlation analysis identified a positive correlation between specialty identity, self-efficacy, study engagement, and career maturity (r = 0.276–0.440, P < 0.001). Self-efficacy and study engagement partially mediated the relationship between specialty identity and career maturity. Self-efficacy and study engagement played a chain mediating role between specialty identity and career maturity. Conclusions: The underlying mechanism can explain the relationships between specialty identity and career maturity: a direct predictor and an indirect effect through self-efficacy and study engagement. Policymakers and educators should emphasize the importance of specialty identity and provide tailored strategies for improving care maturity depending on nursing students' specialty identity, self-efficacy, study engagement in the early stages of career development.
- Subjects
CHINA; JOB involvement; EMOTION regulation; CROSS-sectional method; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); STATISTICAL correlation; POLICY sciences; SELF-efficacy; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL identity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; NURSING schools; MOTIVATION (Psychology); STATISTICS; RESEARCH; SCHOOL administration; STUDENT attitudes; FACTOR analysis; DATA analysis software; NURSING specialties; VOCATIONAL guidance; NURSING students
- Publication
BMC Nursing, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6955
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12912-024-02002-y