Does interpersonal self-support matter for freshman nursing students' professional identity? Evidence from mainland China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have focused on undergraduate nursing students' professional identity (PI), but freshman nursing students (FNSs) have been ignored, and the relationship between interpersonal self-support (ISS) and PI is unknown. This study was designed to determine the patterns of ISS and its association with PI among Chinese FNSs.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 358 FNSs recruited from two nursing colleges in southeast China. Students completed the Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire, the Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Adolescent Students, and the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Students. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to determine the patterns of ISS among freshmen. The Bolck-Croon-Hagenaars method was use

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10243468 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature