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The Effects Of Locus Of Control & Victim Responsibility Upon Helping Behavior, Jerri Fritzo
The Effects Of Locus Of Control & Victim Responsibility Upon Helping Behavior, Jerri Fritzo
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Previous research has suggested that external locus of control and victim responsibility influence individuals' helping behavior (Lerner & Reavy, 1975; Phares & Lamiell, 1975; Phares & Wilson, 1972). The present study investigated the relationships between locus of control and helping behavior in a situation where the victim was or was not responsible for her predicament. A locus of control scale was administered to 67 male and 93 female undergraduates at Western Kentucky University. Subjects were assigned to one of the responsibility situations in which they could volunteer to help a graduate student with either none, one, two, three, or four …
Patient-Technique Orientation, Personality Factors, And Training Effects In Nursing Students, Gerald Case
Patient-Technique Orientation, Personality Factors, And Training Effects In Nursing Students, Gerald Case
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine if nursing students could be differentiated along a patient-technique nursing orientation continuum, and whether there would be a shift in the orientation of student nurses subsequent to participating in a training program for nurses. This study attempted to determine if personality traits could be used as predictors of the patient-technique orientation of the student nurses and if the personality of the student nurses remained stable over one year. Thirty-four student nurses in the two-year associate degree nursing program in a southern regional university were administered the nursing Pictures Interest Test (NPIT), the …