This cross-sectional descriptive study examined the influence of major satisfaction, clinical practice belongingness, and gender role conflict on the clinical performance of male nursing students with clinical practice experience. The study subjects w...
This cross-sectional descriptive study examined the influence of major satisfaction, clinical practice belongingness, and gender role conflict on the clinical performance of male nursing students with clinical practice experience. The study subjects were a convenience sample of 141 male third and forth grade of nursing undergraduates. Data were collected from July 1 to July 31, 2025. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 29.0. The mean overall clinical performance score was 3.91±0.59 (out of 5), and these scores were significantly influenced by whether the student's university had an affiliated teaching hospital and whether the student had experienced clinical practice restrictions (e.g., during the COVID epidemic). Clinical performance was positively correlated with major satisfaction, clinical practice belongingness, and clinical practice satisfaction, and negatively correlated with gender role conflict. The factors significantly affecting clinical performance were major satisfaction (β=.20, p=.021), clinical practice belongingness (β=.47, p=.001), and gender role conflict (β=-.18, p=.013), which together explained 38.3% of the variance. These findings highlight the importance of enhancing major satisfaction and clinical practice belongingness in practice environments while reducing gender role conflict to improve the clinical performance of male nursing students.