Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students
Abstract Background South Korea has already become a multicultural society due to immigration, marriage, and employment of foreigners, and the use of medical institutions by foreigners is increasing. In order to establish a therapeutic rapport relationship with foreigners, it is necessary to study m...
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description | Abstract Background South Korea has already become a multicultural society due to immigration, marriage, and employment of foreigners, and the use of medical institutions by foreigners is increasing. In order to establish a therapeutic rapport relationship with foreigners, it is necessary to study multicultural acceptance. This study aimed to examine and identify the factors influencing the degree of multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students. Methods This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Study participants included 147 nursing students at University in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Data included demographics, multicultural acceptance, cultural empathy, and multicultural attitude. Data were collected from March to June 2021. Data was analyzed using linear regression model in SPSS PC + version 23.0 statistical software program. Results The adjusted R-squared representing the explanatory power of the model was 72.5%. The strongest predictor was cultural empathy (β = 0.55, P < 0.001), followed by multicultural attitude (β = 0.26, P = 0.001), residential area where they lived for the past 5 years (β = 0.19, P = 0.001), accessibility to multicultural internet and media (β = 0.17, P = 0.003), whether they have foreign friends (β = 0.16, P = 0.003), and multicultural education experience (β = 0.02, P = 0.002). Conclusion This study suggests that to improve the degree of multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students, their cultural empathy and multicultural attitude should be strengthened. Nurses need to pay attention the influencing factors to improve the multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students. |
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spelling | doaj.art-120942770737463586ca8b8f842ddbe62024-01-07T12:18:21ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552023-11-012211810.1186/s12912-023-01583-4Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing studentsMinkyung Gu0Sohyune Sok1Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Daejin UniversityCollege of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee UniversityAbstract Background South Korea has already become a multicultural society due to immigration, marriage, and employment of foreigners, and the use of medical institutions by foreigners is increasing. In order to establish a therapeutic rapport relationship with foreigners, it is necessary to study multicultural acceptance. This study aimed to examine and identify the factors influencing the degree of multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students. Methods This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Study participants included 147 nursing students at University in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Data included demographics, multicultural acceptance, cultural empathy, and multicultural attitude. Data were collected from March to June 2021. Data was analyzed using linear regression model in SPSS PC + version 23.0 statistical software program. Results The adjusted R-squared representing the explanatory power of the model was 72.5%. The strongest predictor was cultural empathy (β = 0.55, P < 0.001), followed by multicultural attitude (β = 0.26, P = 0.001), residential area where they lived for the past 5 years (β = 0.19, P = 0.001), accessibility to multicultural internet and media (β = 0.17, P = 0.003), whether they have foreign friends (β = 0.16, P = 0.003), and multicultural education experience (β = 0.02, P = 0.002). Conclusion This study suggests that to improve the degree of multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students, their cultural empathy and multicultural attitude should be strengthened. Nurses need to pay attention the influencing factors to improve the multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01583-4Multicultural acceptanceEmpathyAttitudeNursing student |
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title | Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students |
title_full | Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students |
title_fullStr | Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students |
title_short | Factors influencing multicultural acceptance of Korean nursing students |
title_sort | factors influencing multicultural acceptance of korean nursing students |
topic | Multicultural acceptance Empathy Attitude Nursing student |
url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01583-4 |
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