Advisor
Hummel, Faye I.
Committee Member
Henry, Melissa L
Committee Member
DeLapp, Tina D.
Department
Nursing Education
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
8-1-2013
Genre
Thesis
Extent
147 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Description
The purpose of this study was to describe willingness to seek academic help among nursing students and to examine the influence of predictor variables, social self-efficacy, learning environment, and demographic factors, on academic help-seeking motivation. One hundred- twenty-one preclinical baccalaureate nursing students completed a computerized survey comprised of measures of the study variables. Descriptive statistical analyses were used to describe participants’ willingness to seek academic help. A 3-step hierarchical regression analysis was completed to determine the amount of variance each predictor variable contributed to participants’ scores on the willingness to seek academic help measure. Results of the analyses revealed that study participants exhibited moderate levels of willingness to seek academic help as determined by their scores on the study measure. Demographic factors, social self-efficacy, and learning environment interacted to account for 24% of the variance in participants’ willingness to seek academic help scores. However, learning environment had the strongest statistically significant influence on willingness to seek academic help scores, solely accounting for 7% of the variance. These findings provide further insight into the influence of demographic, intrapersonal, and environmental factors on nursing students’ willingness to seek academic help and reveal potential avenues for future research. In addition, these findings may be used to inform nurse educators and student success facilitators in implementing academic advising approaches and in structuring learning environments that facilitate help-seeking as an adaptive self-regulated learning strategy.
Degree type
PhD
Degree Name
Doctoral
Language
English
Local Identifiers
Carmon_unco_0161D_10269
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by author.
