@article{oai:hirosaki.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005513,
 author = {Takase, Sonoko and Tsuchiya, Ryoko and Nishizawa, Yoshiko},
 issue = {1-4},
 journal = {弘前医学},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {We examined the effects of personal characteristics and learning motivation on nursing students’professional identity. In total, 1,892 students were targeted from the first to the fourth year of nursing at six nursing universities in Japan; we employed a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire measured professional identity and personal characteristics such as occupational motivation, having a professional role model, and selfesteem. To evaluate learning motivation, we used items assessing intrinsic, identified, introjected, and external regulation based on the self-determination theory. The data from 625 participants were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Occupational motivation from “nursing interest,” having a professional role model, self-esteem, identified regulation, and intrinsic regulation had direct positive effects on the professional identity of students of all school years. “Nursing interest,” having a professional role model, and self-esteem had indirect effects on professional identity through intrinsic regulation and identified regulation. However, occupational motivation from “a stable job,” external regulation, and introjected regulation had no significant effect on professional identity. The personal characteristics that affected participants’ professional identity differed according to school years. The results indicate that autonomous learning motivation, such as identified regulation and intrinsic regulation, are critical in the establishment of nursing students’ professional identity},
 pages = {66--77},
 title = {The Influence of Personal Characteristics and Learning Motivation on the Professional Identity of Nursing Students},
 volume = {69},
 year = {2019}
}