Abstract: Objective To understand the current status of nursing students' aversion,clinical belongingness,and professional identity,and explore the mediating effect of clinical belonging between aversion and professional identity of nursing students. Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select 282 nursing students from three institutions of higher learning in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from December 2023 to February 2024 as the study subjects. The general information questionnaire,Chinese version of aversion scale,clinical sense of belonging scale,and nurses' professional identity scale were used to conduct the survey,and the data were analyzed. Results Totally 282 nursing students' aversion,clinical belongingness,and professional identity scores was （46.02±10.82）,（90.00±16.40） and （86.06±15.06）points,respectively. The nursing students' aversion was negatively correlated with clinical belongingness and professional identity（r=-0.455,-0.441,both P<0.01）,while clinical belongingness was positively correlated with professional identity（r=0.531,P<0.01）. Clinical sense of belonging partially mediated the relationship between aversion and professional identity,with a mediation effect accounting for 43.07% of the total effect and a 95%CI of -0.328 to -0.160. Conclusion Nursing educators and administrators should intervene in the aversion of nursing students to strengthen the cultivation of clinical belongingness,which in turn enhances their professional identity and promotes the development of the nursing industry.

Key words: Aversion, Clinical belongingness, professional identity, Mediating effects