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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 12 | Page : 1721-1727 |
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Investigating the Effect of Personality Traits and Academic Self-efficacies on Malpractice Tendencies in Health College Students
D Baykal1, D Yildirim2
1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Atlas University, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Dr. D Baykal
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Atlas University, Vadi Campus, Anadolu Street, No:40 Kagithane, Istanbul
Turkey
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_677_19
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Background: Prevention of malpractice is crucial for health care professionals since it could lead to morbidity and mortality. Personality traits of students, being health care professional candidates affect their academic self-efficacies and malpractice tendencies. Objective: To investigate the effect of personality traits and academic self-efficacies of midwifery and nursing students on their malpractice tendencies. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with a total of 437 midwifery and nursing students studying at two universities between May and September 2019. The form of sociodemographic characteristics, Eysenck Personality Inventory, Academic Self-efficacy Scale, and Malpractice Tendency Scale were used to collect the data. Results: In the malpractice tendency scale, the students had the lowest score from patient monitoring and equipment safety subscale (x¯ = 40.59 ± 5.41) and the highest score from the communication subscale (x¯ = 22.78 ± 3.01). In the personality inventory, they were found to have the lowest score from the psychoticism subscale and the highest score from the extraversion subscale. Their academic self-efficacy mean score was 14.69 ± 3 0.49. Academic self-efficacy score was higher in the 1st year compared to the 4th year (P < 0.05). A negative correlation was found between neuroticism and extraversion subscales and academic self-efficacy (P < 0.01). A negative correlation was found between malpractice tendency and academic self-efficacy (P < 0.01). Conclusion: It was observed that neuroticism and extraversion personality traits in students were found to be associated with low academic self-efficacy and increasing malpractice tendencies. Investigation of academic self-efficacy and malpractice tendencies of the students in accordance with their personality traits would contribute to the improvement, arrangement, and updating of educational curricula.
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