A Study on the Subjectivity of Nurisng Students’ Perception of Multiple Children: Q-Methodology

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Sunyoung Jang

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Regarding the global trend of low birth rates and aging population, interest in multi-child families has increased. The objectives of this study are to understand the subjectivity of multiple children perceived by nursing students, to describe the characteristics in each type, and then to understand the categorization of multiple children, by applying the Q-methodology. Total 20 nursing students who performed practice in A university were asked to classify 42 sentences of statements about multiple children. The collected data was analyzed by using the QUANL PC Program. The Q methodology is a principal component analysis using the QUANL program of the PC. It is common to classify types by component factor analysis, analyze the characteristics of each type based on the difference between the standard score and type by item, the difference between the standard score and the average standard score of each type, and the matching item and the standard score result. In the results of this study, the nursing students’ perception of multiple children was divided into three factors. The types of subjectivity of multiple children included ‘type of perceiving difficulties in rearing multiple children’, ‘type of emphasizing strengths of rearing multiple children’, and ‘type of focusing on children of multi-child families’. This study provided the basic data for educating and understanding the nursing students’ perception of rearing multiple children in clinical setting.

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