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Ambivalent sexism of nursing students in Turkey and South Korea: A cross‐cultural comparison study

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  • Kader K. Tekkas
  • Ayse Beser
  • Sihyun Park

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Culture has become increasingly important concepts in nursing in the era of globalization. Nurses' cultural biases and prejudices are huge obstacles to their caring for patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Therefore, this study examined sexism among nursing students from two patriarchal societies: Turkey influenced by Islam, and South Korea influenced by Confucianism. For this comparative study, we used the survey data from the sample of 560 nursing students, 309 from Turkey and 251 from South Korea. The findings showed that both samples showed high levels of sexism, both hostile and benevolent. When comparing the two samples, Turkish nursing students showed significantly higher sexism than did Korean students. Additionally, in both countries, male participants showed higher scores on sexism, especially hostile sexism. In terms of age, older students in Turkey showed lower levels of benevolent sexism. We hope the findings of this study can provide evidence to develop customized transcultural nursing education content in the context of different ethnicities and to help nurses and nursing students from specific cultural backgrounds in becoming aware of their own cultures.

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  • Kader K. Tekkas & Ayse Beser & Sihyun Park, 2020. "Ambivalent sexism of nursing students in Turkey and South Korea: A cross‐cultural comparison study," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(3), pages 612-619, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:22:y:2020:i:3:p:612-619
    DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12705
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