Open AccessCommunicative factors associated with assertiveness in slovenian nursing staff in clinical practice
Author(s) -
Silva Roncelli Vaupot,
Danica Železnik
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
informatologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.139
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1848-7793
pISSN - 1330-0067
DOI - 10.32914/i.51.3-4.3
Subject(s) - assertiveness , nursing , psychology , scale (ratio) , nursing staff , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
The objective of this research was to investigate theassertiveness of nursing staff members in their everyday practice. Thesecondary goal was to investigate whether assertiveness is related to sex, age,years of working experience, education and self-esteem. Nursing staffmembers are expected to have a high level of assertiveness to establish optimalprofessional communication and working performance. A cross-sectional study design and convenience sampling wereapplied. Altogether, 303 nursing staff members (88.8% female and 11.2% male;aged between 21 and 58 years) from the northeastern part of Slovenia wereenrolled in the study. The participants were asked to complete an anonymousquestionnaire, which consisted of the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and theRosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The sample included 44.6% registered nurses and55.4% nursing assistants with mean = 15.9 (SD 10.1) years of workingexperience. In general, the level of assertiveness by Rathus scale was low atmean = +4.0 (SD 17.2) points.