An Analysis of the Components of Ethical Identity Attributes among Nursing Students at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Surat Thani, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute
Keywords:
Factor Analysis, Ethical Identity, Nursing StudentsAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to examine the level of ethical identity attributes, and to analyze the components of ethical identity attributes among 536 nursing students at the Nursing College of Surat Thani. The research instrument was the Ethical Identity Attributes Assessment Scale, which demonstrated a content validity index of .90. The reliability of the instrument, assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for each component and the total scale, was at the .98 level. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as exploratory factor analysis, using common factor analysis with Oblimin rotation. The results showed the following.
1. Overall, the nursing students’ ethical identity attributes were at the highest level (M = 4.53, SD = 0.43). Considering each component, the highest mean score was found for respect (M = 4.60, SD = 0.46), followed by honesty (M = 4.55, SD = 0.47), while sufficiency had the lowest mean score (M = 4.42, SD = 0.47).
2. The analysis identified four components of ethical identity attributes: a) responsibility (17 variables), b) respect (10 variables), c) sufficiency (11 variables), and d) unity (11 variables), with a total cumulative variance of 64.514%.
The results suggest that data obtained from the Ethical Identity Attributes Assessment can be useful as a guideline for curriculum development, co-curricular activity planning, and the continuous cultivation of ethical values both in classroom learning and in clinical practice.
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