title: Nurses' attitudes and satisfaction in two psychogeriatric wards: their structure and correlates.
abstract: This study investigated the structure and correlates of previously published job satisfaction and attitude measures for nurses through an analysis of responses from staff working in two psychogeriatric wards. A number of inter-correlations were found between the attitude and satisfaction scales. Factor analysis revealed that one of the attitude scales was multi-dimensional and it is suggested that future research should not assume the uni-dimensionality of attitude and satisfaction constructs. It is concluded that psychometric research has important limitations, that a multiplicity of research strategies (both quantitative and qualitative) should be employed in future investigations and that more importance should be accorded to the organizational context of job satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, St Helens Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, England.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Manasse
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires