Development of a Self-Efficacy Scale for Occupational Therapy Students Participating in Clinical Training in the Field of Mental Disorders

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
• Research Institution: Kumamoto Health Science University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshimura Yuki 熊本保健科学大学, 保健科学部, 講師 (80814384)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 與座 嘉康 熊本保健科学大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (90461631)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 自己効力感 / 臨床実習 / 精神障害領域作業療法 / 尺度 / 作業療法学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Students training in the field of mental disabilities experience specific difficulties engaging with their target group. Focusing on self-efficacy as a primary factor that enables students to manage the difficulties they face in training, this study developed indices to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions to enhance self-efficacy among occupational therapy students undertaking clinical training in the field of mental disabilities. In Study 1, students who completed clinical training in the field of mental disabilities were interviewed, and index items were developed using the information obtained. In Study 2, the reliability and validity of the indices were verified to confirm a two-factor structure and its reliability and validity. The confirmed factors were “achieving self-motivation regarding training” and “self-control behavior in training situations.”

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

作業療法の臨床実習という文脈における作業療法学生を対象とした SSE 尺度は，筆者が調べた限り存在していない．そのため，作業療法士養成教育においても実習の自己効力感を高める教育的介入はなされているものの，自己効力感測定のための尺度として，看護学生を対象とした実習自己効力感尺度や一般化した自己効力感尺度が用いられている現状があった．そのような背景を踏まえて，作業療法学生を対象とした実習に対する自己効力感の教育効果を判定するための精神障害領域臨床実習自己効力感尺度の開発したことが，本研究における学術的意義および社会的意義といえる．