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Professional Self-Esteem of Turkish Midwifery Students: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Professional self-esteem (PSE) is the individual’s judgment of worthiness formed regarding the self-attributions related to the individual’s profession. A well-developed PSE is important for midwives to be successful in their profession, have a strong sense of belonging, and see the profession as im...

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Autores principales: Baykal Akmeşe, Zehra, Yücel, Ummahan
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10178425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174756
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11091214
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description Professional self-esteem (PSE) is the individual’s judgment of worthiness formed regarding the self-attributions related to the individual’s profession. A well-developed PSE is important for midwives to be successful in their profession, have a strong sense of belonging, and see the profession as important and valuable. This study aims to determine the perception of PSE among midwifery students, explain how their perceptions are formed, and reveal how they perceive the midwifery profession and how the components that make up this perception determine their PSE. Students’ average PSE score was analyzed, and the study was conducted using an explanatory sequential, which is a mixed-method approach, to interpret the results of the questionnaire and comparative analysis in more detail through direct interviews with university midwifery program students in western Turkey. Quantitative data were collected using the Individual Data Collection Form and the Professional Self-Esteem Scale. One-way analysis variance and independent sample t-tests were used to analyze the quantitative data. The students with the highest and lowest scale scores from each class level were interviewed using a Semi-Structured Interview Form. Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the qualitative data. The mean PSES score was 117.51 ± 17.60. The t-test analysis result shows that there was a significant difference between the PSES score and choosing the midwifery department willingly, believing that they could perform the midwifery profession before and after starting the midwifery education (p < 0.05). Three main themes were obtained: the meaning of being a midwife, deciding to become a midwife, and the difficulties of being a midwife. It can be said that the main force behind the students’ belief that the difficulties of the midwifery profession can be overcome is their strong love for the midwifery profession and their internalization of its importance.
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spelling pubmed-101784252023-05-13 Professional Self-Esteem of Turkish Midwifery Students: A Mixed-Methods Approach Baykal Akmeşe, Zehra Yücel, Ummahan Healthcare (Basel) Article Professional self-esteem (PSE) is the individual’s judgment of worthiness formed regarding the self-attributions related to the individual’s profession. A well-developed PSE is important for midwives to be successful in their profession, have a strong sense of belonging, and see the profession as important and valuable. This study aims to determine the perception of PSE among midwifery students, explain how their perceptions are formed, and reveal how they perceive the midwifery profession and how the components that make up this perception determine their PSE. Students’ average PSE score was analyzed, and the study was conducted using an explanatory sequential, which is a mixed-method approach, to interpret the results of the questionnaire and comparative analysis in more detail through direct interviews with university midwifery program students in western Turkey. Quantitative data were collected using the Individual Data Collection Form and the Professional Self-Esteem Scale. One-way analysis variance and independent sample t-tests were used to analyze the quantitative data. The students with the highest and lowest scale scores from each class level were interviewed using a Semi-Structured Interview Form. Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the qualitative data. The mean PSES score was 117.51 ± 17.60. The t-test analysis result shows that there was a significant difference between the PSES score and choosing the midwifery department willingly, believing that they could perform the midwifery profession before and after starting the midwifery education (p < 0.05). Three main themes were obtained: the meaning of being a midwife, deciding to become a midwife, and the difficulties of being a midwife. It can be said that the main force behind the students’ belief that the difficulties of the midwifery profession can be overcome is their strong love for the midwifery profession and their internalization of its importance. MDPI 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10178425/ /pubmed/37174756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11091214 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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