Abstract:

Objective To explore the latent categories of nursing professional commitment among male nursing interns and identify its influencing factors. Methods From June to December 2024，a convenience sampling method was used to select 296 male nursing interns from six hospitals in Jiangsu Province. Participants were surveyed using the basic characteristic questionnaire，Nursing Professional Commitment Scale，Resilience Scale，and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire. Latent profile analysis（LPA） was employed to identify subtypes of professional commit-ment，and multinomial Logistic regression was applied to analyze influencing factors. Results The nursing professional commitment of male nursing interns could be classified into three latent profiles：the weak willingness-ambiguous identification type（30.7%），the ambiguous willingness-value identification type（57.1%），and the strong wil-lingness-conservative evaluation type（12.2%）. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that，compared with the weak willingness-identification ambiguity type，interns who self-assessed their academic performance at school as relatively poor were less likely to enter the willingness ambiguity-value identification type；those with unfavorable internship experiences were less likely to belong to the willingness ambiguity-value identification type and the strong willingness-evaluation conservative type；those who had experienced occupational discrimination were more likely to belong to the willingness ambiguity-value identification type and the strong willingness-evaluation conservative type；interns with higher psychological resilience and a tendency toward positive coping were more likely to belong to the strong willingness-evaluation conservative type；whereas those with higher tendency toward negative coping were less likely to belong to the willingness ambiguity-value identification type and the strong willingness-evaluation conservative type（all P<0.05）. Conclusion There is group heterogeneity in the professional commitment of male nursing interns. Nursing educators can identify the categories of professional commitment of male nursing interns at an early stage and implement targeted intervention strategies based on relevant influencing factors to promote their professional commitment level.

Key words: Nursing, Interns, Professional Commitment, Latent Profile Analysis, Root Cause Analysis