Background: Grit, academic self-efficacy, and academic stress are crucial factors affecting a student’s ability to adapt to college. Objectives: The influence of grit on academic self-efficacy and academic stress among college physical therapy students was analyzed. Design: Questionnaire design. Methods: A total of 208 three-year undergraduate physical therapy students were surveyed using a structured questionnaire that assessed their grit, academic self-efficacy, and academic stress. The levels of each factor, the subfactors influencing each factor, and their correlations were analyzed. Results: Among college physical therapy students, having lower daily study hours was associated with lower grit and academic self-efficacy and higher academic stress. Younger students showed lower self-regulatory efficacy and self-confidence and higher levels of academic stress (P<.05). An analysis of the correlations of each factor revealed a significant correlation: the higher the students’ grit, the higher their academic self-efficiency and the lower their academic stress. Additionally, higher academic self-efficacy was significantly associated with lower academic stress (P<.001). Conclusion: To enhance the grit and academic self-efficacy of three-year college physical therapy students and reduce their academic stress, it is necessary to manage their learning time, develop educational support programs according to age, and apply various teaching methods.

Background: Junior colleges have been establishing plans for the development of start-up education for students and have been providing various educational programs to support students’ start-up businesses. Objectives: The effects of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the start-up intention of college physical therapy students were analyzed. Design: Questionnaire design. Methods: Surveys on entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and start-up intention were conducted with 269 college physical therapy students, and the levels of individual measurement variables, correlations, and variables affecting start-up intention were analyzed. Results: College physical therapy students showed differences in start-up intention between genders, and male students tended to have a higher startup intention (P<.001) than female students. The correlations among the major variables were analyzed. According to the results, all sub-factors of start-up intention had significant positive correlations with all sub-factors of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (P<.05). In addition, multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify factors affecting start-up intention. Start-up education was shown to have no direct effect on start-up intention. Innovation (β=.238, P=.000), risk sensitivity (β=.228, P=.000), and initiative (β=.220, P=.001), which are sub-factors of entrepreneurship, were shown to have effects on start-up intention. Self-regulated efficacy (β=-.193, P=.039) and task challenge (β=.210, P=.004), which are sub-factors of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, were found to have effects on start-up intention. Conclusions: To boost the start-up intention of college physical therapy students and induce their start-ups, customized start-up education that considers entrepreneurship level and gender is necessary.