Wang Chen, Shakespeare-Finch Jane, Dunne Michael P, Hou Xiang-Yu, Khawaja Nigar G
Center for Brain, Mind and Education, Shaoxing University, China; School of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
School of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Aug;103:104956. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104956. Epub 2021 May 14.
Cultural intelligence reflects the competence to adapt to new cultural settings. Universities offer students various opportunities to gain cultural learning and develop cultural intelligence. However, there has been little empirical research to compare the effects of cultural learning and other related psycho-social factors in this process.
This study explores the importance of cultural learning and identifies the unique contribution of cultural education in universities to health care students' cultural intelligence.
Cross-sectional survey study.
271 health care students completed a survey measuring social desirability, demographics, personality, prior cultural exposure, previous cultural learning and cultural intelligence.
Hierarchical regressions showed that cultural learning could affect cultural intelligence and its three components (i.e., metacognition, cognition, motivation, and behaviour) under the control for related psycho-social factors. However, its effect on the behavioral component was not significant. Considering the different types of cultural learning, overseas study experiences were more related to cultural intelligence, compared to in-class cultural learning.
Cultural learning, especially overseas study experiences, plays a significant role in the development of health care students' cultural intelligence.
文化智力反映了适应新文化环境的能力。大学为学生提供了各种获得文化学习和发展文化智力的机会。然而，在这一过程中，很少有实证研究来比较文化学习和其他相关心理社会因素的影响。
本研究探讨文化学习的重要性，并确定大学文化教育对医护专业学生文化智力的独特贡献。
横断面调查研究。
271名医护专业学生完成了一项调查，该调查测量了社会期望、人口统计学、个性、先前的文化接触、先前的文化学习和文化智力。
分层回归显示，在控制相关心理社会因素的情况下，文化学习可以影响文化智力及其三个组成部分（即元认知、认知、动机和行为）。然而，其对行为成分的影响并不显著。考虑到不同类型的文化学习，与课堂文化学习相比，海外学习经历与文化智力的相关性更强。
文化学习，尤其是海外学习经历，在医护专业学生文化智力的发展中起着重要作用。
