Attitude towards the medical profession among higher secondary students in relation to medical aptitude, parental influence, peer influence and perceived social expectations

Attitude towards the medical profession among higher secondary students in relation to medical aptitude, parental influence, peer influence and perceived social expectations

Education

Attitude towards the Medical Profession includes concepts, motives or beliefs associated with the profession of medical science. Medical science is a profession that challenges the intellectual competency of the aspirant owing to the strenuous demands of the career. It is essential that possession of an appropriate attitude and a realistic understanding of the demands of medical science be a pre-requisite, especially if the higher secondary adolescent aspires this as his or her vocation for life. As theformation of attitude is based on several intrinsic and extrinsic factors, a profession like medical science faces stiff competition among candidates to qualify with high expectations from family and society. The current study throws light on the attitude of higher secondary students towards the profession of medical science in relation to medical aptitude, parental influence, peer influence and perceived social expectations, as the independent variables. It aimed to explore the role played by medical aptitude, parental influence, peer influence and perceived social expectations in the formation of attitude towards the medical profession and the differences in the formation of this attitude among higher secondary students based on their gender and type of pre-university college that they belonged to. The study adopted was a descriptive study-cum-survey that employed a quantitative approach using the paradigm of post-positivism. The participants for the study comprised of 396 second-year higher secondary students from pre-university colleges of Bangalore South, who were
selected by convenience sampling method.

Mathew, Minu Mary - 1444603

CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

English

PhD