The Impact of Personality Traits and Intercultural Sensitivities of Nursing Students on Their Professional Values

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Professional values of nurses already start to develop during their education. Therefore, it is very important to examine the factors that affect the professional values of nursing students. When the studies cited in the literature have been reviewed, any study that scrutinized the impact of personal traits and intercultural sensitivities on professional values of undergraduate nursing students has not been encountered. AIM: The aim of the study analyzed the impact of personal traits and intercultural sensitivities of undergraduate nursing students on their professional values. METHOD: In order to show the correlations between variables in a more definite way, all undergraduate nursing students (N:755) who met the sampling inclusion criteria, and accepted the invitation to participate in this study were included in the survey without application of sampling selection method. The "Demographic Data Collection Form" , " Adjective-based Personality Test " , "Intercultural Sensitivity Scale" , and "Nurses' Professional Values Scale" were used to collect study data. The impact of personal traits, and intercultural sensitivities of nursing students on their professional values were evaluated using multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: When the relationship between age, gender, school success of undergraduate students, the course(s) of intercultural nursing and professionalism they took (if any) with their professional values was examined , weak positive correlations were found between professional values and age, gender, school success, personality traits, and intercultural sensitivities of the undergraduate nursing students. CONCLUSION: It was determined that the mean age, gender, school success, intercultural sensitivity levels and personality traits of nursing students have a positive and significant impact on the professional values of students.