The Relationship Of Academic Self-Efficacy And The Learning Adaptability In College Students Of Nursing

Objective To describe the current situation of learning adaptability, to analyze the influnence of the demographic data upon the learning adaptability, and to analyze the relationship between learning adaptability and academic self-efficacy among college students of nursing.Thus it may provide some advice for the nursing educators to train high-qualitied nursing staff to meet the social needs.Methods 336 nursing students were recruited from a medical college. The learning adaptability and self-efficacy of nursing students were collectde by Personal General Data Questionnaire, Academic Self-efficacy Questionnaire and Learning Adaptability Questionnaire. After the investigation, the original data was reorganized and statistically analyzed by the SPSS 13.0 software package.Results1. The learning adaptability score of nursing students was 84.56+10.78, which was above the median of total score. The order of the score from highest to lowest was as follows:score of study motivation, score of learning capacity, score of teaching method, score of environmental factor, and score of learning attitude.2. The learning adaptability score of nursing students was different according to different regions, grades, and whether student cadre or not. Scores of urban students, sophomore students, and student cadres were higher than that of rural students (t=4.102, P<0.01), freshmen (t=-6.865, P<0.01), and ordinary students (t=4.110, P<0.01). There was no difference on the students wehther the only child of the family or not (t=0.611, P>0.05)3. The academic self-efficacy score of most nursing students was approach to the average. The score of learning capacity self-efficacy was much higher than that of learning behavior self-efficacy (t=3.064, p<0.01). The analysis showed that the academic self-efficacy was correlated positively with learning adaptability (r=0.974, P<0.01). Learning capacity self-efficacy was correlated positively with factors of study motivation, teaching method, learning attitude, and environmental factor (r=0.393, P<0.05; r=0.681, P<0.01;r=0.628, P<0.05; r=0.453, P<0.05). Learning behavior self-efficacy was correlated positively with factors of study motivation, teaching method, learning attitude, and environment factor (r=0.575, P<0.01; r=0.476, P<0.01; r=0.392, P<0.05; r=0.306, P<0.05). The academic self-efficacy was not correlated with learning capacity (r=0.310, P>0.05).4. The regression analysis showed that the academic self-efficacy could have a predictable effect on the learning adaptability. Learning capacity self-efficacy and learning behavior self-efficacy could predict study motivation, teaching method, learning capacity, learning attitude, and environment of learning adaptability of college nursing students (R2=0.39; R2=0.55; R2=0.10; R2=0.44; R2=0.24)Conclusion1. The general condition of learning adaptability of college nursing students is fair, but the different aspects are in the different situations.2. The learning adaptability was affected by regions, grades, and whether student cadres or not.3. The academic self-efficacy level still need strengthened. The learning capacity self-efficacy score of college nursing students was better than that of learning behavior self-efficacy. The academic self-efficacy was correlated positively with learning adaptability. The academic self-efficacy was a predictor of the learning adaptability, which meant high self-efficacy had a positive effect on learning adaptability..4. Nursing educators should promote the academic self-efficacy of nursing students in different ways in order to enhance their learning adaptability, which would lay a solid foundation to foster high-qualified nursing staff.