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Experience Sexual Harassment of Nurses: Phenomenological Study

간호사의 병원 내 성희롱 피해 경험: 현상학적 연구

  • Received : 2023.07.10
  • Accepted : 2023.07.22
  • Published : 2023.07.31
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Abstract

This study was carried out in order to determine the essential structure and meaning of sexual harassment experienced by nurses, prepare a systematic mediation measure that could prevent sexual harassment. In this study, Giorgi's phenomenological research method and an in-depth interview were used, and data was collected from seven participants in general hospital nurses who had experienced sexual harassment from August 6, 2022 to March 25, 2023. The main question used in the in-depth interview was "What does sexual harassment mean to you?". The transcribed data was analyzed according to the method presented by Giorgi through the stages including reading of the data, breaking of the data into some kind of parts, organization and expression of the data from a disciplinary perspective and synthesis or summary of the data for purposes of communication to the scholarly community. As a result, 159 meaning units, 37 essential psychological meanings, 13 sub-constituents, 5 constituents were drawn. The five components include 'exposed to the front line of sexual harassment', 'struggling alone', 'feeling abandoned from the organization', 'finding a way to get through together' and 'feeling changing'. Based on the above results, it is expected to prevent sexual harassment of nurses and provide basic data useful for preparing systematic intervention measures for them and improving the system.

본 연구는 간호사가 경험한 성희롱의 본질적 구조와 의미를 파악하여, 성희롱을 예방하고, 체계적인 중재방안을 마련하고자 수행되었다. Giorgi의 현상학적 연구방법과 심층면담에 의한 연구로서 자료수집은 2022년 8월 6일부터 2023년 3월 25일까지 종합병원 간호사 7명의 연구참여자로부터 수집하였다. 면담에 사용된 주질문은 "귀하에게 성희롱이란 무엇을 의미합니까?"이었다. 필사된 자료는 Giorgi의 질적 분석방법에 따라 전체의 인식, 의미단위의 구분, 의미단위의 심리학적 표현으로의 변형, 일반적 구조로의 통합의 단계를 거쳐 분석하였다. 그 결과 총 159개의 의미단위, 37개의 본질적 심리의미, 13개의 하위 구성요소, 5개의 구성요소가 도출되었다. 5개의 구성요소는 '성희롱의 최전방에 노출됨', '혼자 감당하며 고군분투함', '조직으로부터 내팽개쳐진 심정', '함께 헤쳐나갈 방법을 찾음', '변화하고 있음을 느낌'이 포함되어 있다. 이상의 결과를 토대로 간호사의 성희롱을 예방하고 이들을 위한 체계적인 중재방안 마련과 제도 개선에 유용한 기초자료를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

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Acknowledgement

이 연구결과물은 2021학년도 위덕대학교 신임교원연구비 지원에 의하여 이루어졌음.

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