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A self\u2010administered general information collection form, Positive Psycap Questionnaire (PPQ), Professional Commitment of Undergraduates Scales (PCUS) and Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS) were utilized for online data collection to validate the mediating effect of PsyCap between professional commitment and AP among undergraduate nursing students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The AP score of undergraduate nursing students was (33.74\u2009\u00b1\u20097.77), with 49.63% of students experiencing AP. Significant differences in AP were observed across gender, grade, student cadre status and love of nursing major (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Higher anxiety levels in female students contributed to greater AP, and senior nursing students exhibited higher levels of AP. AP was negatively correlated with PsyCap (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u22120.551,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and professional commitment (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u22120.579,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01), while PsyCap was positively correlated with professional commitment (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.625,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01). PsyCap played a partial mediating role in the relationship between professional commitment and AP among undergraduate nursing students, with a mediation effect value of \u22120.1950, accounting for 34.03% of the total effect.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of AP among undergraduate nursing students is relatively high, with gender, grade, student cadre status and love of nursing major identified as influential factors. PsyCap plays a partial mediating role between professional commitment and AP. Nursing educators reduce AP behaviours in undergraduate nursing students through PsyCap interventions, helping them improve learning efficiency, guiding them in academic planning, and laying a foundation for their future career development and the advancement of the nursing profession.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Public Contribution<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 405 undergraduate nursing students were involved in this study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/nop2.70719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T05:45:51Z","timestamp":1785822351000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Mediating Effects of Psychological Capital Between Undergraduate Nursing Students' Professional Commitment and Academic Procrastination"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-1396-4044","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shilin","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Fujian Medical University  Fuzhou Fujian China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yaqin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Fujian Medical University  Fuzhou Fujian China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yanchun","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing Fujian Medical University Union Hospital  Fuzhou Fujian China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liangwan","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery Fujian Medical University Union Hospital  Fuzhou Fujian China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Cardio\u2010Thoracic Surgery Fujian Medical University  Fuzhou Fujian China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6890-7552","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yanjuan","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing Fujian Medical University Union Hospital  Fuzhou Fujian China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery Fujian Medical University Union Hospital  Fuzhou Fujian China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","first-page":"1475","article-title":"Mediating Effects of Psychological Capital and Organizational Commitment on the Relationship Between Career Calling and Work Engagement Among Clinical Nurses","volume":"20","author":"Chang F. 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