Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri ve Kadının Çalışmasına İlişkin Tutumları

Abstract

Objective: Gender inequality affects women's health, education and work negatively. This study was conducted on the purpose of determining the attitudes of nursing students towards gender roles and women's work. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at Ankara University. The population of the study was 846 and the sample consisted of 514 nursing students who agreed to participate in the study. In collecting data, the questionnaire containing the descriptive features of the students, the Gender Roles Attitude Scale and Attitude Towards Woman's Working Scale were used. Results: A total of 514 students, 117 (22.8%) attending the 1st grade, 101 (19.6%) 2nd, 149 (29%) 3rd, 147 (28.6%) in the 4th grade participated in the study. Students' Gender Roles Attitude Scale score mean was 154.98±22.59. The mean score of Attitude Scale Towards Women's Working is 59.91±8.98. A positive high level correlation was found between the mean scores of the two scales (p<0.001, r=0.743). It was determined that the gender of the students, the educational status of their father and mother, family structure and the number of individuals in the family affect the Gender Roles Attitude Scale and Attitude Scale Towards Women's Working scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was determined that the attitude towards women's work was more positive as the Gender Roles Attitude Scale score increased. It is recommended that the egalitarian attitude of nursing education content regarding gender roles should be arranged in a way that will maintain and increase the positive attitude towards women's work.