The purpose of this thesis was to examine the relationship between locus of control and the intensive care nurse's perception of job-related situations. It was hypothesized that intensive care nurses who evidenced an external locus of control would classify job-related situations as more stressful, more threatening, and less challenging than intensive care nurses who evidenced an internal locus of control. The instruments consisted of (1) a demographic questionnaire, (2) an instrument developed by this investigator to measure the degree of perceived stressful, threatening, and challenging aspects of certain job-related situations, and (3) Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. The questionnaires were distributed to nurses working in intensive and coronary care units in one medium sized city in Indiana. An N of 75 was obtained.The hypotheses that external intensive care nurses would classify job-related situations as more stressful and more threatening were supported (F = 9.26, p<0.01, and F = 6.08, p<0.01 respectively). The hypothesis that internal nurses would classify more job-related situations as challenging was not supported by the data (F = 0.01, p = 0,91).Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/182598 |
| Date | 03 June 2011 |
| Creators | Childers, Jane Marie |
| Contributors | Houghton, Florence M. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 84 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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