Dept. Nursing, Hanseo Univ., 46 Hanseo1 Ro, Haemi-myun, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
The purpose of this study was to identify the subjectivity of single mothers recognized by nursing students, to describe the characteristics of each type, to identify the types of single mothers
This study applied Q methodology was applied. 26 nursing students from ‘A’ University were asked to classify 45 statements about single mothers. The collected data were analyzed using QUANL PC program.
The subjectivity of single mothers was analyzed using the PC QUANL program, which was followed by three factors, accounting for 48.56% of the total variance. Factor 1 was 35.33%, Factor 2 was 7.11%, and Factor 3 was 6.11%. Factor 1 has an explanatory power of 35.33%, which can be regarded as the most explaining factor for single mothers. According to the research result, the recognition of nursing students was classified into 3 types. In this study, nursing students classified the perception of single mothers into 3 factors. The subjectivity types for single mothers were ‘overcoming type’, ‘pessimistic type’, and ‘empathetic type’.
The study identified the perception of single mothers in nurses in the clinical field and provided basic data on education.
Single mothers, Nursing students, Subjectivity, Q methodology, Nurses
