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KMID : 1020220120120040781
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2012 Volume.12 No. 4 p.781 ~ p.792
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Dental hygienist image among dental hygiene students according to clinical practice experience
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Youn Hye-Jeong
Jung Jung-Ock
Lee Kyeong-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine what image dental hygiene students had about a dental hygienist during clinical practice and what factors affected their image of dental hygienist.
Methods: The subjects in this study were the dental hygiene students at three different colleges. After a survey was conducted, the answer sheets from 427 respondents were analyzed.
Results: The dental hygiene students who had engaged in clinical practice had a higher self-esteem than those who hadn’t in general(p<0.01). A statistically significantly stronger achievement motivation was found among the dental hygiene students who had engaged in clinical practice than those who hadn’t(p<0.01). The dental hygiene students who had engaged in clinical practice had a statistically significantly worse image of a dental hygienist than the others who hadn’t(p<0.01). Whether the self-efficacy, self-esteem and achievement motivation of the dental hygiene students had any impact on their image of a dental hygienist was analyzed in consideration of their clinical practice experience. As a result, the dental hygiene students who had engaged in clinical practice had a more positive image of a dental hygienist when they had a higher self-esteem(p<0.05) and a stronger achievement motivation(p<0.001), and those who hadn’t engaged
in clinical practice had a more positive image of a dental hygienist when they had a higher self-esteem(p<0.01).
Conclusions: Given the above-mentioned findings, a wide variety of programs should be developed to bolster the self-esteem and achievement motivation of students and improve their image of a dental hygienist, as self-esteem and achievement motivation are the variables that exert the largest influence on one’s image of a dental hygienist.
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KEYWORD
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achievement motivation, clinical practice experience, image of a dental hygienist, self-efficacy, self-esteem
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