AN INVESTIGATION OF NURSES' INTERPERSONAL NEEDS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SELF-DISCLOSE.
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study sought to determine the relationship between nurses' own interpersonal needs and their willingness to self-disclose to clients. It was hypothesized that: As willingness to self-disclose increases, the need to control others, the need to have others get close and the need to join others would decrease, while the need to be controlled by others, the need to get close to others, and the need to be sought out by others would increase. To test this hypothesis, a descriptive study was designed. Two hundred and seven registered nurses from three general hospitals in Virginia volunteered to participate. Subjects completed the FIRO-B (Schutz, 1958) and the modified JSDQ-40 (Jourard, 1971), and provided demographic information.

The FIRO-B, when scored, provided data on the six categories of interpersonal needs. The modified JSDQ-40 was factor analyzed and three factors were extracted. Factor 1 was general information, factor 2 was sensitive information, and factor 3 was personal information. These three self-disclosure factors were then related to the six FIRO-B categories and a significant (p < .045) Canonical Correlation was determined. Variables significantly correlated were general information self-disclosure and the need to be sought out by others, the need to have others get close and the need to be controlled by others. Relationships between other interpersonal need categories and self-disclosure factors did not achieve significance. Likewise, only low correlations were obtained between demographic data and instrument scores. Interpretations of findings pertinent to nursing are discussed, and suggestions for further research are presented.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-02, Section: B, page: 0569.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1985.

School code: 0227.