Abstract

Leadership potentials and personality profiles of 27 associate degree and 20 baccalaureate degree nursing students were compared, using the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and the Managerial Key for the CPI. The mean values on each of the 18 scales of the CPI and the mean values of the Managerial Score were compared and revealed no significant difference (p=.05) between the two groups of nursing students, and were within normal range, indicating average social and intellectual adjustment. Though the associate degree students had a higher mean value on the Managerial Score than the baccalaureate students the difference was not significant (p=.05). There was a significant difference in the ages of the two groups, with associate degree students being younger. When the nursing students were grouped according to those who scored greater than or equal to 600 and those who scored less than 600 on the Managerial Key for the CPI, highly significant correlations were found for 12 of the 18 scales of the CPI (dominance, capacity for status, sociability, social presence, sense of well-being, self-control, tolerance, good impression, achievement via conformance, achievement via independence, intellectual efficiency, and psychological-mindedness), with those who scored greater than or equal to 600 having higher mean values on the 12 scales.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Nancy L. Testerman

Second Advisor

Evelyn L. Elwell

Third Advisor

L. Frances Pride

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1977

Date (Title Page)

6-1977

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Nursing; Supervisory; Leadership

Type

Thesis

Page Count

viii; 80

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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