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. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):1052.
doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06033-6.

The correlation between social adaptability and academic procrastination of undergraduate nursing students: the mediating role of resilience

Yang Guo  1 , Fangfang An  2 , Anqi Li  3 , Jie Yao  4 , Xiaojie Sun  5
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The correlation between social adaptability and academic procrastination of undergraduate nursing students: the mediating role of resilience

Yang Guo et al. BMC Med Educ. .

Abstract

Background: How to mobilize nurses students' learning initiative, reduce the incidence of academic procrastination, and improve their social adaptability is a key factor in lowering nursing brain drain and improving nursing quality.

Objective: To explore the mediating role of resilience in the correlation between social adaptability and academic procrastination of undergraduate nursing students.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional survey. The researchers conducted an electronic questionnaire survey of 962 nursing undergraduates in Guanzhong District, Shaanxi Province from November 2022 to April 2023, and adopted the intention sampling method. And make the following assumptions: (1) There is a significant negative correlation between academic procrastination and social adaptability. (2) Academic procrastination can directly affect the social adaptability of undergraduate nursing students, and it has a significant negative predictive effect. (3) Resilience can directly affect academic procrastination and social adaptability. At the same time, resilience plays an intermediary role between the two. In this study, the Aitken procrastination scale, the resilience scale, and the social adaptability diagnostic scale were used to evaluate undergraduate nursing students. SPSS27.0 software is used to analyze the data statistically, and the Hayes PROCESS Macro method is used to test the model.

Results: The study's findings are as follows: 1) Academic procrastination significantly and negatively impacts social adaptability (c = -0.292, t = -6.407, p < 0.001). 2) Even when accounting for resilience, academic procrastination still significantly predicts lower social adaptability (c'= -0.204, t = -4.338, p < 0.001). 3) The Bootstrap method test of percentile bias correction indicates that resilience serves as a significant mediator between academic procrastination and social adaptability. Bootstrap SE = 0.018, 95% CI = (-0.124, -0.055). The indirect effect contributes to 29.79% of the total effect.

Conclusion: Resilience not only directly affects the academic procrastination and social adaptability of nursing students, but also partially intermediate the relationship between academic procrastination and social adaptability.

Keywords: Academic procrastination; Resilience; Social adaptability; Undergraduate nursing students.

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