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Summary
Beginning nurses
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychology
Background:
- Understanding personality traits in nurses is crucial for effective role conception.
- Beginning nurses' perceptions of their roles can be influenced by personality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationships between personality variables (ego development, sex typing, assertiveness) and role conceptions in beginning nurses.
- To determine the contribution of these personality variables to role conception combinations.
Main Methods:
- 101 beginning nurses completed four self-completion questionnaires.
- Correlation analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used.
Main Results:
- Femininity (F) and masculinity-femininity (MF) sex-typing attributes were the strongest predictors of role conceptions.
- Assertiveness was linked to professional role conception.
- Nurses with high role conception combinations differed in personality scores, with androgynous sex typing and MF scores higher in those holding all three roles.
Conclusions:
- Sex typing, particularly femininity and masculinity-femininity, significantly influences how beginning nurses perceive their professional, service, and bureaucratic roles.
- Personality attributes, including sex typing and assertiveness, play a role in shaping nurses' multifaceted role conceptions.