the relationship between critical thinking disposition and self-esteem in midwifery students

Background: students’ personal characteristics are among the factors influencing the development of their critical thinking. self- esteem is a normal influencing personality trait. self-esteem affects all the aspects of individuals’ lives including the way of their thinking and performance. objectives: therefore, the current study aimed to determine the relationship between critical thinking disposition and self-esteem in the midwifery students of mashhad university of medical sciences in 2014. methods: this cross sectional study was carried out on all bachelor students (n = 53) of the mashhad nursing and midwifery faculty. data were collected through a personal information form, the rosenberg’s self-esteem questionnaire, and the california critical thinking disposition questionnaire. the collected data were analyzed in spss through descriptive statistical methods and a pearson correlation coefficient test. results: the vast majority of students (62.26%) had an unsteady critical thinking disposition. however, 84.90% of them had a moderate level of self-esteem. pearson correlation test showed no significant relationship between critical thinking disposition and self-esteem (p > 0.05). conclusions: according to the study results, the vast majority of the study cases had a moderate level of self-esteem with an unsteady critical thinking disposition. there was no significant relationship between critical thinking disposition and self-esteem in the studied midwifery students.