Subjectivity of Nursing College Students' Awareness of Gender Equality: An Application of Q-methodology.
10.4040/jkan.2012.42.3.342
- Author:
Eun Ja YEUN
1
;
Hye Jin KWON
;
Hyun Jeong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Nursing student;
Gender;
Awareness
- MeSH:
Female;
*Gender Identity;
Humans;
Interviews as Topic;
Q-Sort;
Questionnaires;
Students, Nursing/*psychology;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2012;42(3):342-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
