Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2022 May;31(2):57-65. 10.5807/kjohn.2022.31.2.57.

Experience of Violence and Hospital Violence Attitude according to Gender and Gender-Role Identity of Clinical Nurses

• Kim JY
• Cho JY

• KMID: 2537011
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2022.31.2.57

Abstract

Purpose
This study aims to examine differences in experiences of violence and hospital violence attitude according to gender and gender-role identity of clinical nurses.
Methods
The quota sampling method, was used to select the research subjects. They were divided into two groups male and female nurses who worked for three general hospitals or higher level-hospitals in Incheon and Gyeongbuk. The data of 219 subjects was used for final analysis. The IBM SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze the data t-test and ANOVA.
Results
According to gender, the hospital violence experience of female nurses was oserved frequently when the verbal violence came from guardians, and when the physical threats came from others. For male nurses, the experiences of hospital violence was obserbed. According to gender, the hospital violence attitude revealed significant differences in female nurses that the negative attitude was higher (t=-4.69, p<.001). According to gender-role identity, the undifferentiated and femininity showed significant differences (F=4.86 p=.003).
Conclusion
The differentiated strategies of coping measures and violence preventive education considering the gender and gender-role identity of clinical nurses would help formulate measures for the effective management of hospital violence.

Keyword

Violence; Gender; Gender-role; Attitude