The Relationship Between Perception of Gender, Autonomy, and Professional Attitude in Nursing Students
Abstract
Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between of nursing students' gender perceptions on their autonomy and professional attitudes.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. This reserach was performed with 215 students studying in the nursing program of a university in eastern Turkey between 25 April and 25 May 2018. The data of the study were collected with Personal Information Form, the Inventory of Professional Attitude at Occupation (IPAO), the Perception of Gender Scale(PGS) and Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (SAS).
Results: It was determined that a positive correlation was found between the PGS score and IPAO (r = 0.229, p<0.001). A negative correlation was found between total score of the sociotropy, the disapproval anxiety and pleasing others subscales and the PGS score (r =-0.159, p<0.05; r=-0.189 p<0.05; r=-0.162 p<0.05; respectively). Also a positive correlation was found between total score of autonomy, individual achievement, freedom and solitude subscales and PGS score (r =0.293, p<0.001; r=0.311 p<0.001; r=0.217, p<0.001; r=0.1158, p<0.05, respectively).
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, the gender attitudes of the nursing students are positive and their understanding of autonomy is moderate. In addition, students' professional attitudes are high. It is important that students' education is planned in a way that promotes autonomy and egalitarian understanding.
Keywords
Nursing education, Autonomy, gender, professionalism
Project Number
YOK
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