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The Influence of Sex, Training and Length of Service on the Conceptions of Teachers in Hospital of their Role
Author(s) -
FINLAYSON DOUGLAS S.,
APPLETON MARION C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1972.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - openness to experience , attendance , autocracy , psychology , general hospital , service (business) , nursing , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , family medicine , economy , politics , political science , law , economics , democracy , economic growth
The construction of a role‐definition instrument for teachers in hospital settings is described. Six scales were derived: general therapeutic concern, concern for hospital‐derived stress, autocratic orientation, attitude towards hospital staff, openness, avoidance of disturbance of the hospital system. Male hospital teachers had more positive expectations of hospital staff than female teachers and expected to be consulted more about ward organization. Attendance at courses providing an additional qualification in the teaching of handicapped children was associated with greater general therapeutic concern for children in hospital, with greater concern for hospital‐derived stress, with less autocratic attitudes and with more positive expectations of hospital staff. Length of hospital service bore no simple relationship to any of the scales. The usefulness and limitations of such empirical data in decisions related to planned change in hospitals is discussed.