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Exploring the association between parental rearing styles and medical students’ critical thinking disposition in China

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Title
Exploring the association between parental rearing styles and medical students’ critical thinking disposition in China
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BMC Medical Education, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12909-015-0367-5
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Lei Huang, Zhaoxin Wang, Yuhong Yao, Chang Shan, Haojie Wang, Mengyi Zhu, Yuan Lu, Pengfei Sun, Xudong Zhao

Abstract

Critical thinking is an essential ability for medical students. However, the relationship between parental rearing styles and medical students' critical thinking disposition has rarely been considered. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental rearing styles were significant predictors of critical thinking disposition among Chinese medical students. 1,075 medical students from the first year to the fifth year attending one of three medical schools in China were recruited via multistage stratified cluster sampling. The Chinese Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory(CTDI-CV) and The Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU) questionnaire were applied to collect data and to conduct descriptive analysis. Stepwise multiple linear regression was used to analyze the data. The critical thinking disposition average mean score was 287.44 with 632 participants (58.79%) demonstrating positive critical thinking disposition. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the rearing styles of fathers, including "overprotection", "emotional warmth and understanding", "rejection" and "over-interference" were significant predictors of medical students' critical thinking disposition that explained 79.0% of the variance in critical thinking ability. Rearing styles of mothers including "emotional warmth and understanding", "punishing" and "rejection" were also found to be significant predictors, and explained 77.0% of the variance. Meaningful association has been evidenced between parental rearing styles and Chinese medical students' critical thinking disposition. Parental rearing styles should be considered as one of the many potential determinant factors that contribute to the cultivation of medical students' critical thinking capability. Positive parental rearing styles should be encouraged in the cultivation of children's critical thinking skills.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 85 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 20%
Lecturer 11 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 11%
Student > Bachelor 7 8%
Researcher 5 6%
Other 14 16%
Unknown 22 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 11 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 13%
Social Sciences 10 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 8%
Linguistics 4 5%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 24 28%
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#14,223,874
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#1,956
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#138,304
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#25
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