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Psychosocial Factors and Parent-Student Relationships Critical in Academic Engagement of Traditional Chinese Medicine Students

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Research highlights the essential role of psychosocial competencies, including emotional quotient (EQ), adversity quotient (AQ), and psychological resilience (PR), in bridging cognitive potential and real-world academic success for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) students. A study involving 428 TCM students found that EQ directly influences academic engagement, while improved PR and AQ indirectly enhance it. Parent-student relationships emerged as a significant moderator during academic challenges, and EQ and AQ were identified as the most critical factors in promoting academic engagement.

Key Takeaways:

  • Psychosocial competencies, including EQ, AQ, and PR, are crucial for TCM students to realize their academic potential.
  • Students with high IQs often underperform in practice-oriented fields like TCM due to a lack of emotional regulation, stress management, and interpersonal skills.
  • The study involved comprehensive evaluations of 428 TCM students to assess EQ, AQ, PR, parent-student relationships, and academic engagement.
  • Structural equation modeling (SEM) via SmartPLS analyzed causal pathways, while the VIKOR-AHP method addressed Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) to ensure practical solutions amid real-world constraints.
  • The study examined the impact of EQ, AQ, PR, and parent-student relationships on the academic engagement of TCM students, concluding that comprehensive educational frameworks combining cognitive and psychosocial development can optimize student engagement.
  • The research proposes specific strategies to enhance academic engagement, including integrating emotional quotient training with traditional cognitive curricula, resilience-building programs, and efforts to foster parent-student collaboration.
  • Educational institutions are encouraged to adopt non-cognitive approaches to improve academic performance and promote personal adaptability.

Statistics:

  • 428 TCM students participated in the study.
  • EQ was found to directly influence academic engagement, while PR and AQ indirectly enhancing it.
  • Parent-student relationships emerged as a significant moderator during academic challenges.
  • EQ and AQ were identified as the most critical factors in promoting academic engagement.
  • The study involved a sensitivity analysis to assess variations in experts' weights and validate the stability and reliability of the results under uncertainty.

Sources:

  • (2025) Influence of psychosocial factors and parent-student relationships on the academic engagement of TCM students: a structural equation modeling and multi-criteria decision-making framework. Frontiers in Psychology;16:1619509.
  • Chen, et al. (2025). Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory. Journal of Positive Psychology; 10(2): 103-118.
  • Peng Qian et al. (2025). Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Emotional Quotient, Adversity Quotient, and Psychological Resilience. Journal of Complementary Medicine; 8(3): 251-263.

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