KMID : 0381520080200030219
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Korean Journal of Medical Education 2008 Volume.20 No. 3 p.219 ~ p.229
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Predictors of Medical Students¡¯ Beliefs about Intelligence: Affective and Cognitive Factors, Parental Interest, and Home Economic Status
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Ahn Doe-hee
Baek Kwang-Jin Chung Sang-In Lee You-joung
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Abstract
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Purpose: To identify predictors of medical students¡¯ beliefs about intelligence among affective and cognitive factors, parental interest in children¡¯s education, and home economic status (HES). Of the 408 medical students who participated in this study, 398 completed and returned the questionnaires, yielding a total response rate of 97.5%.
Methods: Measures of students¡¯ beliefs about intelligence, intrinsic value, self-efficacy, test anxiety, cognitive strategies, self-regulation, parental interest in children¡¯s education, and HES were obtained.
Results: Spearman¡¯s correlations indicated that an entity theory of intelligence was negatively related to intrinsic value, self-efficacy, cognitive strategies, self-regulation, parental interest in children¡¯s education, and HES, and positively related to test anxiety. An incremental theory of intelligence was positively related to intrinsic value, self-efficacy, cognitive strategies, self-regulation, parental interest in children¡¯s education, and HES, and negatively related to test anxiety. Findings of independent t-tests showed that incremental theorists showed higher intrinsic value, self-efficacy, cognitive strategies, self-regulation, parental interest in children¡¯s education, and lower test anxiety than entity theorists. A
binary logistic regression analysis showed that 72.9% of the medical students in the study were accurately classified as either incremental theorists or entity theorists with respect to intrinsic value, self-efficacy, test anxiety, and cognitive strategies.
Conclusion: Medical educators need to be aware that medical students who have incremental beliefs about intelligence have higher intrinsic value, self-efficacy, cognitive strategies, and lower test anxiety than those who have fixed beliefs about intelligence. Perhaps a training program needs to be developed to enhance medical students¡¯ conceptions of intelligence based on the findings.
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KEYWORD
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Selfefficacy, Intelligence, Testanxietyscale, Parents
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