The relationship between personality hardiness and grade point average in diploma nursing students
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Author: Bendig Pett, Lisa
Thesis advisor: Paul, Charlotte
Committee member: Pfadt, Ellen
Committee member: Palmer, James
Degree granting institution: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Degree name: Master of Science in Nursing
Date Created
1995
Date Issued
2022
Abstract
This research discovered the relationship between Suzanne Kobasa’s concept of personality hardiness and cumulative grade point average in diploma nursing students. Hardiness, a stress mediating trait, consists of the personality characteristics commitment, control and challenge. A convenience sample of 36 first year students in a diploma nursing program participated in the study. Each student's level of personality hardiness was determined, along with subscores of commitment, control and challenge, using a 50 item questionnaire. The cumulative grade point average was obtained from each student's academic record at the completion of the first year of study.
The Pearson's r Product Moment Correlation was used to correlate hardiness score and cumulative grade point average. The correlation between hardiness and cumulative grade
point average in this sample was not significant. The results did not support the theory derived from the literature that high levels of hardiness would be positively correlated to high
grade point average.
Further exploration of the concept of hardiness and its relationship to stress mediation and academic performance in nursing students is needed. Implications for further research in this area are offered.
The Pearson's r Product Moment Correlation was used to correlate hardiness score and cumulative grade point average. The correlation between hardiness and cumulative grade
point average in this sample was not significant. The results did not support the theory derived from the literature that high levels of hardiness would be positively correlated to high
grade point average.
Further exploration of the concept of hardiness and its relationship to stress mediation and academic performance in nursing students is needed. Implications for further research in this area are offered.
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Bendig Pett, Lisa. (1995). The relationship between personality hardiness and grade point average in diploma nursing students. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
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