Bonaparte B H
Nurs Res. 1979 May-Jun;28(3):166-72.
Three hundred actively employed female registered professional nurses representing four cultural groups (white Anglo-Saxon, black, Jewish, and Hispanic) participated in a study to investigate nurses' attitudes toward culturally different patients. Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale were used to measure the independent variables of ego defensiveness and open-closed mindedness. The Cultural Attitude Scale which was used to measure nurses' attitudes was developed by the investigator. Lower ego defensiveness of the nurses was found to result in more positive attitudes toward Hispanic patients regarding cultural attitudes and beliefs (p = .05). The more open minded the nurse, the more positive were attitudes toward all patients regarding nursing care-patient interaction (p = .01 for the white patient, p = .001 for the Hispanic, Jewish, and black patients) and cultural attitudes and beliefs. The data supported the hypothesis that ego defensiveness and open-closed mindedness predict greater variance in attitudes than one variable alone for all patients regarding nursing care-patient interaction and cultural attitudes and beliefs. Implications for nursing research, education, and practice are discussed.
三百名在职的女性注册专业护士，她们分属四个文化群体（盎格鲁 - 撒克逊白人、黑人、犹太人和西班牙裔），参与了一项旨在调查护士对文化背景不同患者态度的研究。使用卡特尔16种人格因素问卷和罗基奇教条主义量表来测量自我防御和思维开放性这些自变量。用于测量护士态度的文化态度量表由研究者编制。研究发现，护士较低的自我防御程度会使其对西班牙裔患者在文化态度和信仰方面产生更积极的态度（p = 0.05）。护士思维越开放，在护理 - 患者互动方面（白人患者p = 0.01，西班牙裔、犹太人和黑人患者p = 0.001）以及文化态度和信仰方面，对所有患者的态度就越积极。数据支持了这样的假设：对于所有患者在护理 - 患者互动以及文化态度和信仰方面，自我防御和思维开放性比单一变量更能预测态度上的更大差异。文中还讨论了该研究对护理研究、教育和实践的启示。
