Professional commitment and its effect on self-esteem of non-medical professional undergradu-ates in medical colleges

Abstract

Objective To study the status of professional commitment and its effect on self-esteem of non-medical undergraduates in medical colleges. Methods Totally 410 non-medical under-graduates and 403 medical undergraduate were investigated by professional commitment of undergrad-uate scales and self-esteem questionnaire of undergraduates. T test,chi-square test,ANOVA,corre-lation analysis and multiple regression analysis were employed to do statical analysis,with P〈0.05 be-ing statistical differences. Results Non-medical undergraduates’scores of professional commitment （85.11 ±11.60）and self-esteem （2.57 ±0.37）were lower than those （93.82 ±11.43）and （2.62 ± 0.35） of medical undergraduates. There were statistical differences in non-medical undergraduates’ professional commitment concerning the variables of professional consistency （t=5.657,P=0.000）and grades （F=8.528,P=0.000）. Professional commitment of non-medical undergraduates was positively correlated with self-esteem. There was linear regression relationship between the variables of emotion-al commitment （P=0.005）,normative commitment （P=0.006）and self-esteem. Conclusions Non-medical undergraduates＇ professional commitment and self-esteem levels are lower than those of medical undergraduates. The professional commitment could produce obvious effects on self-esteem. Key words: Medical college; Non-medical professional undergraduate; Professional com-mitment ; Self-esteem