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Table 4 Determining the correlation between moral courage and psychological empowerment scores and demographic variables

From: Moral courage and psychological empowerment among nurses

Variables

Moral courage

Psychological empowerment

Age

r

0.230

0.120

P

0.002a

0.110

Work Experience

r

0.181

0.115

P

0.015b

0.123

Gender

Female

Mean (SD)

90.58 (11.36)

58.86 (9.55)

Male

Mean (SD)

91.10 (10.73)

58.24 (8.35)

 

P

0.802

0.717

Marital Status

Single

Mean (SD)

87.88 (14.96)

57.32 (13.41)

Married

Mean (SD)

91.34 (10.09)

59.06 (8.08)

 

P

0.206

0.471

Level of Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Mean (SD)

90.57 (11.34)

58.68 (9.35)

Master’s Degree

Mean (SD)

92.50 (6.28)

59.63 (8.81)

 

P

0.689

0.724

Employment status

Formal

Mean (SD)

91.71 (9.66)

59.30 (7.94)

Compulsory service course

Mean (SD)

88.97 (15.40)

57.58 (13.14)

By contract

Mean (SD)

89.15 (10.65)

58.09 (8.66)

 

P

0.305

0.572

Formal position

Nurse

Mean (SD)

90.63 (11.34)

58.60 (9.33)

Supervisor and head nurse

Mean (SD)

92.50 (6.28)

62.50 (8.24)

 

P

0.592

0.315

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)