Influence of Perceived Helicopter Parenting, Critical Thinking Disposition, Cognitive Ability, and Learning Motivation on Learning Behavior among Nursing Students.

Haeryun Cho,So Youn Yim,Hyunjoo Oh

doi:10.3390/ijerph18031362

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of perceived helicopter parenting, critical thinking disposition, cognitive ability, and learning motivation on learning behavior in nursing students in South Korea. The participants in this study were 149 sophomore nursing students from two universities using convenience sampling. The two universities were similar in terms of type, curricula, and size. Data were collected from October to November 2017 using self-reported questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS 22.0. The mean score of perceived helicopter parenting was 3.06 ± 0.65 out of six points. The levels of critical thinking disposition, cognitive ability, learning motivation, and learning behavior were medium. Factors affecting learning behavior were learning motivation (β = 0.40, p < 0.001), cognitive ability (β = 0.26, p = 0.001), and critical thinking disposition (β = 0.25, p = 0.001). These variables explained 32% of the variance in learning behavior (F = 18.21, p < 0.001). Teaching methods are necessary to increase the critical thinking disposition and learning competence of nursing students. In addition, it is important to consider the learning motivation of nursing students for effective learning.

Highlights

The analysis showed that the effect of helicopter parenting on learning behavior was not significant, but critical thinking disposition had a significant effect on learning behavior (β = 0.41, p < 0.001)
This study found that helicopter parenting did not have a significant direct effect on learning behavior, it was significantly correlated with critical thinking disposition and learning motivation
This study involved a descriptive survey of 149 nursing students to investigate the effects of helicopter parenting, critical thinking disposition, cognitive ability, and learning motivation on learning behavior

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Introduction

The learning competencies of university students include cognitive ability, learning motivation, and learning behavior [1]. Learning behavior is the management of cognitive skills to organize and remember new information, trans-cognitive skills that control learning-related behaviors, and environments that are conducive to learning [1]. That nursing education involves theoretical education alongside practical education in order to cultivate competent professional nurses who can solve various health problems of patients [2,3], students’ perceived burden of schoolwork may be high. Efficient learning behaviors of nursing students can be considered to be an important factor for effective nursing education because they have to prepare for national exams to obtain a nurse’s license

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