Attributions, future time perspective and career maturity in nursing undergraduates: correlational study design

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Yuxia Chen¹  Huijing Zou¹  Xiuzhen Fan¹  Cheng Cheng¹  Liu Yang¹  Yonggang Su² 

[1] School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China;School of Nursing, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China;School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China;

关键词: Career maturity;    Attributions;    Future time perspective;    Nursing undergraduates;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-016-0552-1

 received in 2015-10-22, accepted in 2016-01-19,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCareer maturity is an important parameter as nursing undergraduates prepare for their future careers. However, little is known regarding the relationships between attributions, future time perspective and career maturity among nursing undergraduates. The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of career maturity and its relationship with attributions and future time perspective.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was designed. This survey was administered to 431 Chinese nursing undergraduates. Independent-sample t-tests and one-way ANOVA were performed to examine the mean differences between categories of binary and categorical demographic characteristics, respectively. Pearson correlations and multiple linear regressions were used to test the relationships between attributions, future time perspective and career maturity.ResultsThe degree of career maturity was moderate among nursing undergraduates and that internal attributions of academic achievement, future efficacy and future purpose consciousness were positively associated with career maturity (all p < 0.01). These three factors accounted for 37.6 % of the variance in career maturity (adjusted R2 = 0.376).ConclusionsThese findings might assist nursing educators and career counselors to improve nursing undergraduate career maturity by elucidating the imperative roles of internal attributions and future time perspective and to facilitate their transition from school to clinical practice.

【 授权许可】

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© Cheng et al. 2016