Table 2 Different perception and attitudes of workplace violence
Variables | Categories | Korean nurses (N = 319) | Hong Kong nurses (N = 152) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed group (n = 98) | Non-exposed group (n = 221) |  |  | Exposed group (n = 48) | Non-exposed group (n = 104) |  |  | ||
n (%) M ± SD | n (%) M ± SD | t/χ2 | p | n (%) M ± SD | n (%) M ± SD | t/χ2 | p | ||
Perception of workplace violence | Severe violence is normal in my workplace, it is part of the job | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 49 (50.0) | 200 (90.5) | 65.00 | < .001 | 20 (41.7) | 72 (69.2) | 10.44 | .001 | |
Yes | 49 (50.0) | 21 (9.5) | Â | Â | 28 (58.3) | 32 (30.8) | Â | Â | |
Perceived taboo of complaining about workplace violence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
No | 10 (10.2) | 123 (55.7) | 57.70 | < .001 | 9 (18.8) | 51 (49.0) | 12.61 | < .001 | |
Yes | 88 (89.8) | 98 (44.3) | Â | Â | 39 (81.3) | 53 (51.0) | Â | Â | |
Attitudes toward workplace violence | Aggression as dysfunctional /undesirable phenomenon | 9.69 ± 2.90 | 10.26 ± 3.87 | -1.30 | .194 | 11.81 ± 3.96 | 13.49 ± 4.75 | -2.13 | .035 |
Aggression as functional /comprehensible phenomenon | 6.49 ± 3.72 | 6.95 ± 3.68 | -1.04 | .300 | 9.54 ± 3.43 | 9.39 ± 3.28 | 0.25 | .800 | |
Aggression as protective measure | 3.70 ± 2.16 | 3.60 ± 1.98 | 0.41 | .679 | 5.94 ± 1.93 | 5.66 ± 1.85 | 0.84 | .404 | |