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The Relationship between Self-Directed Learning and Problem-Solving Ability: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning among Nursing Students

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  • Younghui Hwang

    (Department of Nursing, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea)

  • Jihyun Oh

    (Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, Korea)

Abstract

Problem-solving ability is necessary for the clinical reasoning and decision-making of nurses to solve patients’ health problems. This study aims to investigate the association between self-directed learning and problem-solving ability using the multiple mediation model to identify strategies to enhance problem-solving ability in nursing students. This is a descriptive survey study of 193 nursing students from two universities in South Korea. Data about self-directed learning, self-regulated learning, academic self-efficacy, and problem-solving ability were collected using structured questionnaires between 5 March and 17 June 2018, and were analyzed using serial multiple mediation analysis. The direct effect of self-directed learning on problem-solving ability was statistically significant. The serial multiple mediation technique predicting problem-solving ability from self-directed learning, academic self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning was significant, explaining 40% of the variance in problem-solving ability. The relationship between self-directed learning and problem-solving ability was partially mediated by academic self-efficacy and self-regulated learning. This study suggests the suitability of considering academic self-efficacy and self-regulated learning together when conducting self-directed learning to improve nursing students’ problem-solving ability.

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  • Younghui Hwang & Jihyun Oh, 2021. "The Relationship between Self-Directed Learning and Problem-Solving Ability: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning among Nursing Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-9, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:4:p:1738-:d:497485
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    1. Soomin Hong & JuHee Lee & Yeonsoo Jang & Yoonju Lee, 2021. "A Cross-Sectional Study: What Contributes to Nursing Students’ Clinical Reasoning Competence?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, June.
    2. Yiming Xiao & Han Wu & Guohua Wang & Shangrui Wang, 2021. "The Relationship between Energy Poverty and Individual Development: Exploring the Serial Mediating Effects of Learning Behavior and Health Condition," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-14, August.
    3. Le Tan Cuong, 2023. "Investigating EFL students’ self-directed learning: Evidence from a state university during Covid-19 pandemic," HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY, vol. 13(1), pages 46-60.

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