title: A personal construct theory approach to the socialization of nursing trainees in two British general hospitals.
abstract: Student and pupil nurses (64), from an initial sample of 117, completed repertory grids questionnaires and interviews on the first day of training, at 4 and 18 months. Measures of identification attraction and ideal/actual congruence were derived from the grids. Trainees were found to become more identified with and attracted to medical roles during training and less identified with and attracted to lower-status non-medical roles such as factory worker. Ideal/actual congruence with medical roles other than trainee also increased. Some measures derived from the grids related to trainee 'wastage' and to satisfaction with the hospital.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012938:Social Perception; D012951:Socialization; D013332:Student Dropouts; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom