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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1418879
This article is part of the Research Topic Along the Path to Recovery: Supporting Student Learning Motivation, Engagement and Development in Post-Pandemic Higher Education View all 7 articles

The Effect of Career Calling on Medicine Students' Learning Engagement: Chain Mediation Roles of Career Decision Self-efficacy and Career Adaptability

Provisionally accepted
Chen Jingyuan Chen Jingyuan 1*Hongfeng Liu Hongfeng Liu 1Jinku Wang Jinku Wang 2
  • 1 Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College, Zhengzhou, China
  • 2 Chen Jingyuan, Zhengzhou, China

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    The study investigates the influence of career calling on the learning engagement of medical students in higher vocational colleges, focusing on the chain mediation roles of career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and career adaptability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 173 students from three vocational colleges across China, utilizing various scales to measure career calling, learning engagement, career adaptability, and CDSE, and structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the survey data. Chain mediation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between career calling and learning engagement among medical students. Career adaptability was found to partially mediate the relationship between career calling and learning engagement, while CDSE did not exhibit a significant mediating effect. However, when both career adaptability and CDSE were considered as chained mediators, they had a significant indirect effect on the relationship between career calling and learning. The findings highlight the pivotal significance of cultivating a strong career calling and augmenting career adaptability as strategic approaches to bolster learning engagement among medical students in higher vocational colleges.

    Keywords: Career calling, Learning engagement, Career adaptability, career decision self-efficacy, medical students in higher vocational college

    Received: 17 Jul 2024; Accepted: 15 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jingyuan, Liu and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Chen Jingyuan, Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College, Zhengzhou, China

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