TABLE 2.
Graduating nursing students' self‐directed learning abilities (SRSSDL_ITA) analysed with one‐way analysis of variance continued with pairwise comparisons corrected with Tukey's method
| Country | Self‐directed learning abilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Awareness (min 7, max 35) Average score (SD) |
Attitudes (min 8, max 40) Average score (SD) |
Motivation (min 6, max 30) Average score (SD) |
Learning strategy (min 5, max 25) Average score (SD) |
Learning methods (min 4, max 20) Average score (SD) |
Learning activity (min 4, max 20) Average score (SD) |
Interpersonal skills (min 4, max 20) Average score (SD) |
Constructing knowledge (min 2, max 10) Average score (SD) |
Total SRSSDL_ITA (min 40, max 200) Average score (SD), α |
|
| Czech Republic (N = 209–212) | 27.21–3 (4.4) | 32.01,2 (5.1) | 22.21,2 (4.5) | 19.01–3,11 (3.4) | 12.81,2,5 (3.0) | 14.91,7 (3.3) | 15.51,6,7 (3.2) | 6.51 (2.0) | 149.61,2,6 (22.8), 0.96 |
| Finland (N = 328–336) | 29.34 (2.8) | 33.01,7 (3.8) | 21.11,2,8 (2.9) | 20.41,7 (2.4) | 13.41,2,11 (3.1) | 15.31 (2.9) | 16.24 (2.6) | 6.41,7,11 (2.0) | 154.81,2 (14.8), 0.92 |
| Italy (N = 331–335) | 30.9 (3.2) | 34.7 (3.7) | 25.8 (3.2) | 21.9 (2.5) | 16.0 (2.7) | 17.0 (2.4) | 17.2 (2.4) | 7.6 (2.4) | 170.9 (16.3), 0.95 |
| Portugal (N = 349–352) | 29.24,10 (3.6) | 33.9 (4.2) | 25.110 (3.5) | 21.19 (2.8) | 15.410 (2.4) | 15.81 (2.7) | 16.59 (2.3) | 6.91 (1.9) | 163.81 (17.7), 0.96 |
| Slovakia (N = 301–306) | 26.81–3 (4.8) | 32.41,7 (5.9) | 22.71–3 (4.7) | 19.71,2,6 (3.5) | 14.31–3 (3.1) | 14.71,2 (3.0) | 15.11–3 (3.0) | 6.91 (1.9) | 152.01,2 (23.2), 0.96 |
| Spain (N = 199–203) | 30.2 (3.8) | 35.0 (4.2) | 26.2 (3.1) | 21.7 (2.9) | 16.6 (2.8) | 17.4 (2.6) | 16.8 (3.0) | 8.1 (1.8) | 171.4 (17.8), 0.95 |
| Overall | 29.0 (4.0) | 33.5 (4.6) | 23.8 (4.1) | 20.7 (3.1) | 14.8 (3.1) | 15.8 (3.0) | 16.2 (2.8) | 7.0 (2.0) | 160.5 (20.5) |
| Cronbach's alpha | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.89 | 0.96 |
Level of self‐directed learning abilities (Total SRSSDL_ITA): 40–90 low, 91–140 moderate, 141–200 high.1–11 statistically significant difference between this country and: 1Italy and Spain p < .0001; 2Portugal p < .0001; 3Finland p < .0001; 4Italy p < .0001; 5Slovakia p < .0001; 6Finland p < .05; 7Portugal p < .05; 8Czech Republic p < .05; 9Italy p < .05; 10Spain p < .05; 11Slovakia p < .05.
Abbreviations: N, sample size; SD, Standard Deviation; SRSSDL_ITA, Self‐Rating Scale of Self‐Directed Learning.