Mediating effect of professional self-efficacy between professional values and willingness to work on gerontological care of nursing students in higher vocational colleges
Objective To explore the mediating effect of professional self-efficacy between professional values and willingness to work on gerontological care of nursing students in higher vocational colleges.Methods A total of 391 nursing students from Chengdu area full-time university were investigated by general information questionnaire,gerontological nursing career motivation questionnaire,professional values scale,and professional self-efficacy scale.Pearson correlation analysis and descriptive statistical analysis were performed by SPSS 21.0.Amos 26.0 was used to establish mediating effect model and verify the mediating effect.Results The total score of 391 nursing students'willingness to work on gerontological care was(47.05±6.93),the willingness to work on gerontological care was positively correlated with professional self-efficacy and professional values(r = 0.826,0.775,respectively,all P<0.01),and professional self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between professional values and willingness to work on gerontological care,accounting for 64.82% of the total effect.Conclusions The willingness to work on gerontological care of nursing students in higher vocational colleges is at a middle level.Professional values not only directly affect the willingness to work on gerontological care,but also indirectly take function through the professional self-efficacy.Professional self-efficacy plays a mediating role in professional values and willingness to work on gerontological care of nursing students in higher vocational colleges.