ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1581281
Attitude and personality trait changes among nursing students and professionally active nurses working with older adults
Provisionally accepted
- 1University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 2University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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We aimed to analyze if there are attitude changes towards older adults among nursing students and professionally active nurses, their attitudes regarding their job, and the personality traits based on their desire to remain in their current center. The study included 1,047 participants. The attitude towards people of an older age varied between the two study groups with differences in health-and motivation-related factors and no differences in personality-related traits attributed to older adults. Significant differences were seen in the personality traits agreeableness, awareness, and negative emotions; specifically, professionally active nurses showed higher levels of agreeableness and awareness, while negative emotions were observed more frequently among nursing students. Is possible to identify a profile that allows determining which variables are present in these professionals working with older adults that provide more satisfaction should they continue in their current job. Thus, professionally active nurses who wish to remain at their job have greater levels of engagement, a more appropriate adaptive performance, and more positive personality traits.
Keywords: attitudes, personality traits, nursing students, Nursing professionals, longterm care facilities for the elderly
Received: 11 Mar 2025; Accepted: 31 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Carlos Dosil - Díaz, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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