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KMID : 0869520120180010018
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2012 Volume.18 No. 1 p.18 ~ p.24
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Factors Influencing the Professional Self-Concept among Nursing Students
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Sung Mi-Hae
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing nursing students’ professional self-concept.
Methods: This study was conducted through a survey on 365 nursing students. The data were collected by self-reporting questionnaires and analysed by the SPSS WIN 17.0 program using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression.
Results: The mean score of professional self-concept was 2.83. Professional self-concept showed that there were differences according to grade, satisfaction on college life, motivation on choice of nursing, satisfaction on nursing, school work credit, interpersonal relationship, health status. There was a significant positive correlation between professional self-concept and between satisfaction with clinical practice. Significant positive correlations between professional self-concept and self-esteem, satisfaction with clinical practice and self-esteem were found. The significant factors influencing professional self-concept were self-esteem, satisfaction on clinical practice, satisfaction on nursing, interpersonal relationship, which explained 45.1% of the variance.
Conclusion: This study suggests that a strategy increasing self-esteem is needed to enhance nursing students’ professional self-concept.
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KEYWORD
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Professional self-esteem, Personal satisfaction, Self-concept, Nursing student
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