The relationship between medical students'sense of life meaning and their sense of calling-moderated mediation model
Objective The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between medical students'sense of professional calling and their sense of meaning in life,and to provide suggestions and new ideas for medical schools to strengthen medical students'sense of professional calling.Methods The Personal Meaning Profile-Brief-Chinese Ver-sion(PMP-B-C),the Chinese Calling Scale(CCS),the Chinese version of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised(DAP-R)and the Chinese version of the Dispositional Hope Scale(DHS)were administered to 946 medical students from Wan Nan Medical College in Wuhu,Anhui Province.Results Medical students'sense of life meaning differed significantly by grade level and whether they held leadership positions(P<0.05).Sense of professional calling and hope traits dif-fered significantly by grade level(F1=2.67,F2=8.14,P<0.05),whether they held leadership positions(t1=5.53,t2=3.50,P<0.05),and place of birth(F3=9.14,F4=9.09,P<0.05).Medical students'sense of life meaning,sense of professional calling,and hope traits are all significantly and positively correlated(r=0.438～0.598,P<0.05).Medical students'hope traits partially mediate the effect of sense of life meaning on sense professional of calling:sense of life meaning positively influences medical students'hope traits,thus increasing sense of professional calling[effect size=0.111,95%CI(0.065～0.162)].Medical students'negative attitudes towards death moderate the mediating model of sense of life meaning on sense of professional calling[effect size=0.218,95%CI(0.127,0.308)],and the higher the negative attitude towards death,the stronger the mediating role of hope trait.Conclusion This research suggests that medical students'sense professional of calling can be enhanced by strengthening their sense of life's meaningfulness and hopeful traits,as well as by adopting a neutral attitude towards death.
Medical studentsThe sense of life meaningSense of professional callingHope traitsDeath attitudes
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