Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected nursing students’ career self-efficacy and professional calling? The mediating impact of professional identity

Autor: Li Yang, Mengfan Xu, Jinke Kuang, Kexin Zhou, Xuemei Zhu, Lingna Kong, Li QI, Heng Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03833-6
Popis: Abstract Background Professional calling (PC) is crucial for ascertaining their professional goals and fulfilling career choices in nursing students. Thus, understanding its antecedents and helping schools improve PC among nursing students is critical. This study aims to explore whether professional identity (PI), as a crucial antecedent of PC, acts as an intermediary between career self-efficacy (CSE) and professional calling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A sample of 565 nursing students were selected by a web-based survey through convenience sampling. The study was conducted from October to November 2020. Measures of CSE, PI, and PC were assessed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed demographic data and the correlation of the research variables. The significance of the mediation effect was assessed using a bootstrap method with SPSS. Results CSE during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak (r = 0. 359, p
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