ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Wichitporn Lausuwanagoon

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Factors Influencing the Critical Thinking of Nursing Students Studying at the Faculty of Nursing of Burapha University

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The Journal of Faculty of Nursing Burapha University, Vol. 11, No. 3 , September-December 2003, Page 46-68.

รายละเอียด / Details:

The objectives of this research were to study: 1) the level of critical thinking of nursing students 2) the relationships between critical thinking of the students and the following factors: students' individual factor, students' learning factor and the instructors' factor and 3) the predictability of critical thinking of nursing students. The sample consisted of the third-year and fourth-year nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing Science Program (Continued Program). Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University. Based upon the Krejcie and Morgan's Table (1970), 247 students were randomly selected to participate in the this research.The instruments for data collection were questionnaires. The independent variables included the students' individual factor, students learning factor and instructor factor, and dependent variable was critical thinking. Alpha coefficients yielding the reliabilities of the instruments were .93, .83, .92, and .75 respectively. Statistical procedures used to analyze data in this study included mean, standard deviation. T-test, one-way ANOVA, simple correlation, multips correlation and step-wise multiple regression. This studey revealed that mean scores on the critical thinking of every group were at moderate level. The mean scores of the fourth-year students was higher than that of third-year students. In addition, the mean scores of fourth-year students in the Bachelor of Nursing Science Program was the highest among the four groups. The relationship between the students' individual factor, students learning factor, instructor factor and critical thinking of students were significantly correlated with multiple correlation of .60. The variables that have highest correlation were: teaching behavior, support from others, time spent for studying and learning experiences (r=.540. .269, .249 and .247 respectively, p‹.001). Overall, the teaching behavior was found to be the beat predictor of the critical thinking (R=.54. P<.001). The second best predictor was the time spent on studying of individual students.

Keywords: critical thinking , student nurse, behavior, psychology, mental health, nursing students

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2003

Address: Faculty of Nursing of Burapha University

Code: 100088

ISSN/ISBN: 0858-4338

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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