The Effect of Learning Environment, Social Support, and Professional Commitment on Learning Engagement of Nursing Undergraduates at Medical Universities in Guangxi, China
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This study explored the effect of learning environment, social support, and professional commitment on the learning engagement of nursing undergraduates through quantitative research using a questionnaire, analyzing data from 623 nursing undergraduates at three medical universities in Guangxi, China. The average learning engagement of these nursing students was found to be 3.26 out of 5. After the reliability and validity tests, structural equation modeling results indicated that the learning environment had a significant positive effect on learning engagement (β = 0.266, p < 0.001); social support had a significant positive effect on learning engagement (β = 0.359, p < 0.001) and professional commitment (β = 0.540, p < 0.001); and professional commitment had a significantly positive effect on learning engagement (β = 0.421, p < 0.001). Professional commitment was found to have a significant and partial mediating effect on the relationship between social support and learning engagement. These findings suggest that the learning engagement of nursing students should be improved, and universities and nursing educators should provide a high-quality learning environment and increased social support to enhance nursing students' professional commitment, thereby promoting their learning engagement.
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