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Factor Analysis of Critical Thinking among Nursing Students from Private Higher Education Institutions |
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| Creator | 1. Kanjana Srisawad 2. Thanin Rattana-olarn 3. Krissana Kiddee |
| Title | Factor Analysis of Critical Thinking among Nursing Students from Private Higher Education Institutions |
| Publisher | Chulalongkorn University Press |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Health Research |
| Journal Vol. | 30 |
| Journal No. | 5 |
| Page no. | 363 |
| Keyword | Factor analysis, Critical thinking, Nursing students, Private higher education institutions |
| ISSN | 8574421 |
| Abstract | Background: Nursing Council of Thailand defined the critical thinking as a main competency of registered nurse and midwives. Critical thinking as Facione and Facione's concept consisted of critical thinking skill and disposition component of critical thinking. This was the second order confirmatory factor analysisthat would affect to theoretical and practical instruction managementas the guidelines for promoting the critical thinking of nursing students further. Methods:The participants were 549 first year nursing students from private higher education institutions: Huachiew chalermprakietuniversity, Vongchavalitkul university, Western university, Siam university and College of Asia Scholars. Simple random sampling was used in this research.Research instruments werequestionnaires on general characteristics among nursing students and critical thinking. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and confirmatory factor analysis .Results: Criticalthinking consisted of two elements: the first element was critical thinking skills which were thinking skills on other experiences such as interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and meta-cognitive self-regulation. The second elementwas disposition element of critical thinking. It comprised personal characteristics which supported intellectual development process. It consisted of truth-seeking, open-mind, analyticity, systematicity, critical thinking self-confidence, inquisitiveness and maturity. The results showed that the critical thinking model was consistent with empirical data, chi-square = 54.845, df = 42, p-value = .088 (p-value higher than .05 is consistency),?2/df= 1.306 (acceptable levels is not over 2),GFI = .985, CFI = .997 (acceptable level gets close 1), RMR = .008, RMSEA = .024.(acceptable level gets close 0).The coefficient of standard factor loadingof variables was different from zero with statistical significance at .05. The variable with the highest level of factor loading was explanation (bsc= .856)followed by inference (bsc= .832). The variable with the lowest level of factor loading was analysis (bsc=.637).Conclusion: Critical thinking consisted of two main elements: 1) critical thinking skills and 2)personal characteristicsof critical thinkers.Factor analysis of critical thinking among nursing students from private higher education institutions showed that critical thinking model was consistent with empirical data.In theoretical and practical teaching, nursing academies should promote critical thinking by using the following critical thinking skills and personal characteristicsof critical thinkersto improve critical thinking in nursing students |
