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- Title
Nursing students in the stranglehold of gender roles: issues of career choice and professionalism.
- Authors
Szabó, Roland Gergő; Domonkos, Norbert
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between Hungarian nursing students’ career choices and nursing professionalism in the context of sex and gender roles. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The study, conducted between March 2023 and June 2023, employed a combination of a self-developed questionnaire and validated measurement instruments (Bem Sex Role Inventory 12 – BSRI-12; Nurse Professional Competence Scale – NPC Scale; 10-item Gender Role Beliefs Scale – GRBS). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software. The sample consisted of 252 BSc nursing students in Hungary (53 males, 199 females). Results: It was found that most students surveyed exhibited feminine traits (n = 84) and adhered to traditional gender roles (n = 132). Statistical analysis demonstrated significant associations between nursing students’ gender roles (p = 0.004), adherence to traditional gender roles (p < 0.000), and levels of nursing professionalism. Notably, an androgynous gender role correlated with heightened nursing professionalism (p < 0.001). Additionally, career choice motivations were influenced by sex, gender role, and individual perceptions of gender roles. Conclusion: A diversity of gender roles which influence individuals’ future careers in nursing was identified. Different motivating factors play a role in male and female nursing students’ career choices, knowledge of which would be useful in student recruitment in order to reduce nursing staff shortages.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; PROFESSIONALISM; GENDER role; CROSS-sectional method; SCALE analysis (Psychology); PEARSON correlation (Statistics); NURSE supply &; demand; CRONBACH'S alpha; T-test (Statistics); INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; RESEARCH funding; NURSING career counseling; SEX distribution; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; STATISTICAL sampling; FEMININITY; HOSPITAL nursing staff; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; EVALUATION of human services programs; UNDERGRADUATES; MASCULINITY; LEADERSHIP; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; NURSING; MOTIVATION (Psychology); ONE-way analysis of variance; NURSES' attitudes; STUDENT recruitment; PROFESSIONAL employee training; DATA analysis software; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; NURSING students; PROFESSIONAL competence; HUNGARIANS; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); VOCATIONAL guidance
- Publication
Central European Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1148
- ISSN
2336-3517
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15452/CEJNM.2024.15.0013