Effects of nurses' sex-role orientation on positive and negative assertion

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  McCartan, Patrick J ^a   Hargie, Owen ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assertion; Negative assertion; Non assertion; Positive assertion; Sex role orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE;

ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGATIVISM; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 1642346946     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2003.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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