Date of Award

Spring 1984

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Nursing

Committee Director

Ellis Q. Youngkin

Committee Member

Evelyn J. Singer

Committee Member

Katie Caufield

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.N8W53

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if being the female head of a single-parent household was associated with increased trait anxiety. Ninety-four female nurses completed the Trait portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene (1964) and a demographic inventory. The demographic inventory provided the information regarding marital status and presence or absence of children needed to delineate the sample into four groups: Group I (n=31) married females with dependent children in the home; Group II (n=10) married females with no dependent children in the home; Group III (n=26) single, separated or divorced females with dependent children in the home; Group IV (n=27) single, separated or divorced females with no dependent children in the home. A one-way analysis of variance indicated no significant differences in the groups as designated by marital status and presence or absence of children and trait anxiety.

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DOI

10.25777/69vh-7w54

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