Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers

The mediating effects of self-efficacy and study engagement on the relationship between specialty identity and career maturity of Chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional study

“…The finding identified a positive correlation between specialty identity and career maturity, and specialty identity can influence career maturity in three ways: self-efficacy, study engagement, and self-efficacy → study engagement, supporting the four Hypotheses. Despite this study did not validate the potential confounders such as career resilience [ 20 ], career adaptability [ 26 ], and resource management [ 29 ], the findings may improve our understanding of the underlying mechanism of these four variables and provide meaningful ideas for taking measures to improve nursing students’ career maturity.…”

“…The indirect effect of the pathway, including self-efficacy, was greater than that of the chain pathway and the pathway, including a single study engagement. Higher specialty identity could yield higher self-efficacy [ 19 , 20 ], and higher self-efficacy is related to greater study engagement [ 27 , 28 ]. Thus, nursing students with higher specialty identity might have higher self-efficacy and greater study engagement, which leads to higher career maturity.…”

“…Further, professional identity is found to be significantly correlated with self-efficacy [19,20]. Yao et al [21] found that self-efficacy mediated between professional identity and self-reported competence among nursing students.…”

“…Students with high self-efficacy can improve their professionalism and self-confidence, thereby achieving high degrees of career maturity [ 16 ]. Further, professional identity is found to be significantly correlated with self-efficacy [ 19 , 20 ]. Yao et al [ 21 ] found that self-efficacy mediated between professional identity and self-reported competence among nursing students.…”