J Korean Acad Nurs.  2012 Jun;42(3):342-350. 10.4040/jkan.2012.42.3.342.

Subjectivity of Nursing College Students' Awareness of Gender Equality: An Application of Q-methodology

• Yeun EJ
• Kwon HJ
• Kim HJ

• KMID: 1785218
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.3.342

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify the awareness of gender equality among nursing college students, and to provide basic data for educational solutions and desirable directions.
METHODS
A Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. 34 selected Q-statements from each of 20 women nursing college students were classified into a shape of normal distribution using 9-point scale. Subjectivity on the equality among genders was analyzed by the pc-QUANL program.
RESULTS
Four types of awareness of gender equality in nursing college students were identified. The name for type I was 'pursuit of androgyny', for type II, 'difference-recognition', for type III, 'human-relationship emphasis', and for type IV, 'social-system emphasis'.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study indicate that different approaches to educational programs on gender equality are recommended for nursing college students based on the four types of gender equality awareness.

Keyword

Nursing student; Gender; Awareness

MeSH Terms

Female
*Gender Identity
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Q-Sort
Questionnaires
Students, Nursing/*psychology
Young Adult

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