Comparison between the psychophysical scale methods for magnitude stimation and category estimation of nurses' social perception

Authors

  • Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Priscilla Hortense Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Renata Alessandra Evangelista Universidade de Araraquara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692004000500011

Keywords:

social perception, psychophysics, nursing

Abstract

This experiment aimed to rank nurses' social perception through the magnitude and category estimation methods. Study participants were high school and university students, active and retired professionals in the areas of medicine, psychology, nursing and dentistry. The results showed: (1) the characteristics neat, responsible, clean, careful and efficacious occupied the first positions in terms of nurses' social perception; whereas the characteristics useless, dishonorable, irresponsible and hateful occupied the last positions in the scales obtained by the two direct psychophysical methods, and (2) the non-metric social perception continuum has prosthetic characteristics.

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Published

2004-10-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 5 (2004)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Comparison between the psychophysical scale methods for magnitude stimation and category estimation of nurses’ social perception. (2004). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 12(5), 775-780. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692004000500011