Relationship Between Self-efficacy Beliefs and Achievement Motivation in Student Nurses

• Published in: Chinese Nursing Research Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 67 - 70
• Main Authors: Zhang, Ze-Ju, Zhang, Chuan-Lin, Zhang, Xian-Geng, Liu, Xiang-Min, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Jing, Liu, Shuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015; Chinese Nursing Research; Institute of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China%Institute of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
• Subjects: Achievement motivation; Educational level; Nursing; Self-efficacy; 医患关系; 患者; 护士; 护理学; 护理工作; Nursing; Achievement motivation; Educational level; Self-efficacy
• ISSN: 2095-7718
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cnre.2015.06.001

Objective： To investigate general self-efficacy levels and to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement motivation in student nurses in China. Methods： A total of 716 student nurses were enrolled in this study from 7 hospitals in western China. Data were collected using three scales： General Data Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale （SES） and Achievement Motivation Scale （AMS）. There were 566 valid questionnaires. Results： The mean general self-efficacy scores of the student nurses were low. There was a significantly positive relationship between self-efficacy and achievement motivation （ r = 0. 432, P = 0. 000）. Conclusions： Our findings suggested that self-efficacy was related to age and educational levels, rather than gender and place of residence. Nursing managers should take measures to develop the self-efficacy of student nurses; when self-efficacy is developed, the achievement motivation may then be improved. Achievement motivation may also be improved through the improvement of self-efficacy.