Hemşirelerin Sosyotropi ve Otonomi Kişilik Özelliklerinin Duygusal Habitus Bağlamında İncelenmesi

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate of nurses’ sociotropy and autonomy personality features in the context of emotional habitus.
 The study was carried out in accordance with the qualitative research design and was supported by quantitative data. Information Form, Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale were applied to 10 nurses. Also, semi-structured thorough individual interviews were made with them. 
 Seven nurses have voluntarily chosen their profession and the others are not. Five nurses stated that nursing is appropriate for their personal character. Six nurses stated that nursing influenced the positive development of personal character. According to the findings, nurses who have developed autonomous personality characteristics and chose willingly the profession did so since it is a profession that is compatible with their individual identities or their primary habitus. Nurses claimed that the nursing profession suited their personalities also reported that the profession had a positive effect on their personalities. The findings revealed the significance of developing both autonomy and sociotropy personality characteristics. The nurses reported that their nursing profession brought them with sociotropy personality characteristics. If there are differences between the social identities of nurses and their nursing identities (the emotional habitus examined in this study), nurses tend to adopt the identity of the nursing profession. The nurse is motivated in this manner because he/she enjoys this different habitus, which makes his/her life, communication, and nursing career simpler. These advantages drive his/her to adopt this different habitus and incorporate it into his/her social identity. In this context, the researchers' investigation of nurses' personality traits in the context of their emotional habitus will positively affect the quality of care.