간호대학생의 의사소통능력과 임상수행능력과의 관계에서 자기효능감의 매개효과

Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy on the relationship between Communicative Competency and Clinical Competency in Nursing Students

This study aims to identify the relationship between nursing students’ communicative competency and clinical competency, and in particular, to determine the mediating effect of self-efficacy. A total of 199 nursing students three universities in Korea completed surveys between May and June 2023. The measurements included the health communication assesment tool, clinical competency scales, and self-efficacy scales. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, scheffé test, pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression following the Baron and Kenny method, and bootstrapping for mediation. As a result of the study, Clinical competency was significantly positively correlated with communicative competency (r=0.50, p<0.001) and Self-efficacy (r=0.63, p<0.001). Furthermore, Self-efficacy had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between communicative competency and clinical competency. The findings of this study suggest that clinical competency can be improved if individual characteristics such as communicative competency and self-efficacy are considered.