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.