Value Affordances in Students' Probability of Persisting as a Nursing Major

This study investigated how perceptions of agentic and communal values attract students to major in and persist in nursing. Participants reported a potential major and why they were attracted to that major. Transcripts were coded for declaration and graduating with a nursing major. Results showed th...

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Published in:Nursing education perspectives 2018-05, Vol.39 (3), p.175-177
Main Authors: Lindeman, Meghan I H, Durik, Amanda M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Affordances
Career Choice
Females
Grade Point Average
Graduation
Humans
Inferences
Majors (Students)
Males
Motivation
Nursing
Nursing education
Perceptions
Predictor Variables
Probability
Resistance (Psychology)
Students
Students, Nursing
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Summary:This study investigated how perceptions of agentic and communal values attract students to major in and persist in nursing. Participants reported a potential major and why they were attracted to that major. Transcripts were coded for declaration and graduating with a nursing major. Results showed that students who reported being attracted to a major for communal and agentic reasons were more likely to report nursing as a potential major, declare nursing as a major, and graduate with a nursing degree. Departments are encouraged to recruit students by highlighting the communal and agentic values that nursing affords.
ISSN:1536-5026
1943-4685
DOI:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000238