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THE EXAMINATION OF DARK PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSES IN TERMS OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

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The aim of this study is to determine dark personality characteristics of nurses and reveal whether the evaluations concerning dark personality sub-dimensionsdifferentiate according to individual and demographic characteristics or not. The population of study included all nurses in a public hospital at Ankara. The sample is not selected in the study, and the researchers tried to reach the whole universe and a total of 244 usable responses were obtained. As a result of this study, it is observed thatthere are statistically significant differences in the evaluations concerning the levels of machiavellism, narcissism and psychopathy, that are sub-dimensions of dark personality characteristics that are observed in nurses in accordance with their ages. Narcissism scores of single nurses are higher than the married nurses. But the study states that total working experience, gender and education do not create a difference in terms of dark personality levels of nurses. Observing the behavior of nurses in health institutions and drawing attention to the education programs are believed to be necessary. In this regard, it is recommended to work with specialist psychologists that have knowlegde about organizational psychology.

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Dark Personality , Hospital , Nurse , Health Sector

Celal Bayar University Journal Of Social Sciences

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