ArticleBMC medical education2021
Exploring graduate occupational and physical therapy students' approaches to studying, self-efficacy, and positive mental health.
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- Approaches to learning in pre-medicine: a multi-university mixed-methods study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Do personal and behavioural characteristics of physiotherapy students predict performance during training and course completion?BMC medical education · 2023Article
- The Fully Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience between Self-Efficacy and Mental Health: Evidence from the Study of College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Care self-efficacy in adolescents with mental disorders: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Interventions for Strengthening General Self-Efficacy Beliefs in College Students: An Integrative Review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Review
- Associations between occupational therapy students' academic performance and their study approaches and perceptions of the learning environment.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Predictors of students' participation in a learning environment survey with annual follow-ups.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOccupational and physical therapy academic programs are rigorous. Increased rates of student anxiety and depression may impact learning. Data on student study skills, self-efficacy, and mental health is limited. This study explored relationships between students' self-efficacy, mental health factors, and approaches to studying.
methodA cross-sectional study was designed. Seventy-three students completed the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students-Short Form, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Mental Health Continuum-Short Form. Associations between predictors (education program, general self-efficacy and mental health) and ratings on the study approach scales were analyzed with multiple linear regression.
resultsMultiple regression models revealed associations between higher self-efficacy and higher ratings on the deep (β = 0.49, p < 0.01) and strategic (β = 0.34, p < 0.05) scales, and lower ratings on the surface scale (β = - 0.29, p < 0.01). Compared to OT students, PT students had higher surface approach ratings (β = - 0.36, p < 0.001). Poorer mental health scores were associated with higher surface approach ratings (β = - 0.41, p < 0.001).
conclusionsTo support productive study strategies among occupational and physical therapy students it may be useful to promote their general self-efficacy and positive mental health.
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