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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.1.527

Perception toward Happiness and Department Satisfaction in Nursing Students  

Kwon, Hyuk-Mi (Office of University Planning and Coordination, Korea National University of Transportation)
Han, Hye-Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.1, 2018 , pp. 527-536 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to classify the factors influencing nursing students' subjectivity toward happiness and to identify differences in department satisfaction according to happiness factors. Q-methodology, which is effective at studying human subjectivity, was employed. Sixty-four students were asked to sort the 34 Q-statements along a 9-point scale ranging from most disagree (-4) to most agree (+4). The Q-sorts were analyzed using pc-QUNAL program, which subjects the data to principle component factor analysis, followed by varimax rotation. Moreover, the data were collected using a questionnaire that consisted of 27 questions pertaining to department satisfaction and analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 program. The result was classified into four factors that explained 58.0% of the total variance. Factor 1 was a progressive self-realization type, factor 2 an isolated flow type, factor 3 an optimistic friendly type, and factor 4 a self-centered relationship seeking type. Moreover, there was a significant difference in department satisfaction according to happiness factors (F=4.53, p=.006). To enhance department satisfaction and nursing professionalism, education and counseling in consideration of these types are needed.
Keywords
Happiness; Methodology; Nursing Students; Perception; Satisfaction;
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