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Value Affordances in Students' Probability of Persisting as a Nursing Major
Meghan I H Lindeman1, Amanda M Durik
1About the Authors Meghan I. H. Lindeman, PhD, was a graduate student, Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, when this research was conducted. Amanda M. Durik, PhD, is an associate professor, Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University. For more information, contact Dr. Lindeman at mhuntoon@niu.edu.
Abstract:
This study investigated how perceptions of agentic and communal values attract students to major in and persist in nursing. Participants reported a potential major and why they were attracted to that major. Transcripts were coded for declaration and graduating with a nursing major. Results showed that students who reported being attracted to a major for communal and agentic reasons were more likely to report nursing as a potential major, declare nursing as a major, and graduate with a nursing degree. Departments are encouraged to recruit students by highlighting the communal and agentic values that nursing affords.