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Relationship between digital literacy level and major satisfaction in dental hygiene students

치위생학과 학생의 디지털 리터러시와 전공만족과의 관련성

  • Min-A Lee (Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Natural Science, Dankook University) ;
  • Jong-Hwa Jang (Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Natural Science, Dankook University)
  • 이민아 (단국대학교 대학원 보건학과) ;
  • 장종화 (단국대학교 대학원 보건학과)
  • Received : 2024.06.26
  • Accepted : 2024.07.26
  • Published : 2024.08.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the digital literacy and major satisfaction levels of dental hygiene students and identify the interrelationships between them as well as the factors related to major satisfaction. Methods: An online survey was using a structured questionnaire was conducted with 223 dental hygiene students. Digital literacy and major satisfaction were measured using a 5-point Likert scale, and correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed. Results: The participants' digital literacy averaged 3.87 points, and their major satisfaction averaged 3.82 points. The digital literacy factor related to major satisfaction was critical thinking skills (β=0.747, p<0.001). This indicates that the higher the critical thinking skills, the higher the major satisfaction. The explanatory power of the model was 63.7%. Conclusions: Critical thinking skills as a factor of digital literacy were found to influence dental hygiene students' major satisfaction, suggesting that a curriculum that can increase critical thinking can improve major satisfaction.

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