Coping strategies, psychological resilience, and professional commitment among nurse-aide students in Taiwan: A
Chia-Chen Chang1, Chen-Yin Tung2
1Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, College of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. No. 162, Section 1, Heping E. Rd., Taipei City 106, Taiwan.
Background:
With rising global demand for long-term care, understanding nurse-aide students' psychological and professional readiness is vital for effective training.
Purpose:
This study explored coping strategies, psychological resilience, and professional commitment among senior nurse-aide students in Taiwan, assessing links to experiential factors to guide educational strategies.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey of 158 randomly selected senior students from Taiwan's long-term care programs used validated tools to measure coping, resilience, and commitment. Data were analyzed with Pearson correlations, t-tests, ANOVA, and regression.
Results:
Professional commitment varied significantly across professional-related training backgrounds. Students who had completed a nurse-aide internship or obtained a nurse-aide certificate demonstrated higher levels of commitment than those with no formal training. Similarly, students with long-term care work experience showed greater commitment than those without such experience. Both coping strategies and psychological resilience were positively associated with professional commitment, and together these psychological and experiential factors explained 35.1% of its variance.
Conclusions:
Coping, resilience, and practical training reinforce professional commitment. Embedding these elements in long-term care education can enhance caregiving readiness and workforce sustainability in the context of global aging.
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