| dc.description.abstract | INTRA- AND INTERPERSONAL EFFECTMTY AS CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF ACTUALIZATION IN A GROUP OF NURSING LECTURERS IN GAUTENG
A nursing lecturer perfonns various roles (each of which entails specific functions) in her career. In
order to carry out her instructional, research and leadership roles she should possess the intra- and
interpersonal skills of self-actualization. As a member of a profession which renders assistance, she
is obliged to maximise her potential in order to function optimally in a continuous intra- and
interpersonal process of regeneration and growth.
This research is aimed at assessing the self-actualization level of a group of nursing lecturers. A
literature survey from the humanistic paradigm, was undertaken of the roles and functions of the
nursing lecturer, the implications thereof for her self-actualization, the characteristics of a self actualized person, and the assessment of intra- and interpersonal characteristics of self-actualization
by means of psychometric tests.
The population for this research comprised 103 white female nursing lecturers. Data were obtained
on the intra- and interpersonal characteristics of self-actualization of these lecturers by means of the
Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) (for measuring intrapersonal characteristics), and the Schutz
Measures (for measuring interpersonal characteristics). The outcomes were analysed by descriptive
statistics.
The outcomes in terms of intrapersonal characteristics of self-actualization indicate the presence of
developmental areas in seven of the twelve POI items. These items are Time ratio, Support Ratio,
Self-actualization value, Existentiality, Feeling Reactivity, Self-acceptance, Nature of man, and
Synergy. Developmental areas with regard to interpersonal characteristics of self-actualization in
nursing lecturers exist for Behaviour, Feelings, The .self, Me-to-you and You-to-me relationships.
Research findings indicate the existence of various developmental areas regard to intra- and
interpersonal characteristics of self-actualization of nursing lecturers. Recommendations are made
on research possibilities for the future. | en_US |
