Exploring the association between parental rearing styles and medical students’ critical thinking disposition in China

BMC Medical Education

Xudong Zhao¹  Pengfei Sun⁴  Yuan Lu²  Mengyi Zhu⁴  Haojie Wang⁴  Chang Shan⁴  Yuhong Yao⁵  Zhaoxin Wang²  Lei Huang³ 

[1] Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated toTongji University, Shanghai, China;Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;The Psychological Counseling Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

关键词: Medical students;    Critical thinking disposition;    Parental rearing styles;   

Others  :  1212099
DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-015-0367-5

 received in 2014-08-11, accepted in 2015-04-27,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Critical thinking is an essential ability for medical students. However, the relationship between parental rearing styles and medical students’ critical thinking disposition has rarely been considered. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental rearing styles were significant predictors of critical thinking disposition among Chinese medical students.

Methods

1,075 medical students from the first year to the fifth year attending one of three medical schools in China were recruited via multistage stratified cluster sampling. The Chinese Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory(CTDI-CV) and The Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU) questionnaire were applied to collect data and to conduct descriptive analysis. Stepwise multiple linear regression was used to analyze the data.

Results

The critical thinking disposition average mean score was 287.44 with 632 participants (58.79%) demonstrating positive critical thinking disposition. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the rearing styles of fathers, including “overprotection”, “emotional warmth and understanding”, “rejection” and “over-interference” were significant predictors of medical students’ critical thinking disposition that explained 79.0% of the variance in critical thinking ability. Rearing styles of mothers including “emotional warmth and understanding”, “punishing” and “rejection” were also found to be significant predictors, and explained 77.0% of the variance.

Conclusions

Meaningful association has been evidenced between parental rearing styles and Chinese medical students’ critical thinking disposition. Parental rearing styles should be considered as one of the many potential determinant factors that contribute to the cultivation of medical students’ critical thinking capability. Positive parental rearing styles should be encouraged in the cultivation of children’s critical thinking skills.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Huang et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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