The Influence of Career Choice Motivation and Academic Achievement on Academic Resilience

Background: The world faces a labor crisis and high incidence of dropouts. A shortage of health workers is predicted to reach 12.9 million by 2035. Being dropped out of school is marked by a decline in students’ achievement due to the loss of orientation and motivation. A declining achievement is an indicator of students’ low academic resilience. Aim: This study aimed to analyze the influence of career choice motivation, CBT, and OSCE scores on academic resilience. Methods: This study was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design conducted in an undergraduate nursing program. The respondents were selected using the convenience sampling technique, which resulted in 325 students as the research participants. The data collection used the HCC and ARS-30 questionnaires. Results: The results of this study showed that career choice motivation influenced academic resilience while CBT and OSCE scores did not affect academic resilience. Career choice motivation, CBT, and OSCE scores simultaneously affected students’ academic resilience by 38.7%. Conclusion: Academic resilience is influenced by career choice motivation, CBT scores, OSCE scores, and other factors not examined in this study. Other possible contributing factors in academic resilience are educational environment and student personality.