Personality Trails of Public Health Nurses and Psychiatric Nurses

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The purposes of this study were: 1) to examine the personality traits of a select group of public health nurses, and 2) to compare these traits to those established for a group of psychiatric nurses using the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. There were 75 public health nurses in the sample compared to a sample of 195 psychiatric nurses. The public health nurses saw themselves as being predominantly orderly, well organised, and Introspective individuals. They were conforming, respected authority and also persisted in their work. The age factor apparently influenced their scores obtained on the EPPS. The comparison of the group of public health nurses with the psychiatric nurses showed no significant differences for 11 out of the IE traits, i.e., significant differences existed for only four traits. The public health nurses had a greater need for Autonomy and Abasement, whereas the psychiatric nurses placed greater emphasis on Deference and Aggression. The results of this study were interpreted as supporting the assumption that the public health nurses' pattern of personality needs was similar to that of the psychiatric nurse.

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