Anisara  Jarassri.  1998.  A Correlational Study of Nursing Behavior Towards Patients with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus between Buddhist and Behavioral Science Characteristics of Professional Nurses in
the Hospital of the Bureau of Medical Service, Bangkok Metropolis and from the Hospitals of the
Department of Medical Service, the Ministry of Public Health.  Dissertation, M.S. (Behavioral Science)
Behavioral Science Research Institute. 


              The purpose of this study was twofold  : to determine if the professional nurses who possessed
different Buddhist traits, and behavioral sciences traits (mental and  socio- 
environmental traits) illustrated differences in treating the patients with Human Immunodeficience Virus ; and to
determine the major variables in the treatment of patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. 
              The sample in this research consisted of 370  registered nurses, who had prior experience in treating
the patients with Human Immunodeficiency  Virus, from  4 hospitals in Bangkok, namely, Vajira hospital,
Jareonkrungpracharak hospital, Rajavithi hospital, and Lerdsin hospital. The first two hospitals were under the
Bureau of Medical Service, Bangkok  Metropolitan Administration whilst the last two under the Department of
Medical Service, the Ministry of Public Health.  The simple random sampling technique was applied in the sample
selection. 
                Nine instruments were employed in the data collection  : Background Information Questionaire,
The four noble sentiments Scale, Buddhist life style Scale, Moral resoning Scale, locus of control Scale, Attitude
towards Nursing Profession Scale, Social support Scale, Role conflict Scale, Behavior in treating the patients with 
Human Immunodeficiency Virus  Scale. 
                In the data analysis, the Two-Way ANOVA and the step-wise Multiple Regression were untilized to test
the 7 hypotheses. The analyses were conducted in both individual groups and the whole group. 
                The findings were as follows : 
                1.  An interaction was ascertained between Buddhist life style and Attitude towards Nursing Profession.
This resulted in treatment behaviors of the registered nurses with extensive experience. The nurse who possessed
high degree of  Buddhist life style, regardless of their Attitude towards Nursing Profession- high of low. Illustrated
higher treatment behaviors toward the patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus than those with low degree of
Buddhist life style. 
                2.  The four noble sentiments or Buddhist life style influenced the treatment behaviors of the nurses both
as a whole and in individual subgroups. The nuses with high degree of The four noble sentiments or Buddhist life
style showed higher treatment behaviors toward the patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus than those with
low degree. 
                3.  Moral resoning or Attitude towards Nursing Profession influenced the behaviors of nurses in treating
the patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, both as a whole and in subgroups. The nurses with high moral
resoning values, or possessing positive attitude towards nursing profession, illustrated higher treatment behaviors
than those with low values. 
                4.  Social support or Role conflict influenced the behaviors of the nurses in treating the patients with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, both as a whole and in individual groups. 
The nurses with high degree of social support or  low in  role conflict showed higher treatment behaviors than those
with low social support. 
                5. In determining the predictive value of the variables, it was found that the following 6  predictors
altogether yielded 39% predictive power : The four noble sentiments, Social support, Buddhist life style, Role
conflict, Moral resoning and Attitude towards Nursing Profession. When  10  individual subgroups were analysed, it
was revealed that The four noble sentiments could predict the treatment behaviors in every subgroups. Social
support could predict the treatment behaviors in every subgroups. Buddhist life style could predict the treatment
behaviors in 9 subgroups, role conflict in 5 subgroups, moral resoning in 3 subgroups and attitude toward nursing
profession in 3 subgroups respectively. 

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