Evaluation of the Relationship between the Levels of Patience and Tranquillity and Conflict Resolution Styles of Executive Nurses

Table 2

The analysis of the Patience Scale and the Tranquillity Scale with certain variables.

Independent variables	Long-term patience		Short-term patience		İnterpersonal patience		Total patience		Tranquillity Scale
	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean rank	U-Z/KWX^2	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean ± sd	t/F
		Gender
Woman	11.24 ± 2.39	t = −0.01	10.11 ± 2.27	t = 1.91	21.70	U = 48.00	39.51 ± 6.05	t = 1.18	3.76 ± 0.66	t = 1.75
Men	11.25 ± 2.21		7.75 ± 3.09		14.50	Z = −1.16	35.75 ± 6.13		3.13 ± 0.97
						Marital status
Married	11.16 ± 2.37	t = −0.83	9.79 ± 2.41	t = −0.83	21.21	U = 49.00	39.00 ± 6.22	t = −0.54	3.68 ± 0.73	t = −0.45
Single	12.33 ± 2.08		11.00 ± 2.64		18.33	Z = −0.40	41.00 ± 4.35		3.88 ± 0.33
						Educational status
High school	13.50 ± 2.12	F = 1.07	9.00 ± 5.65	F = 0.19	29.00	KWX^2 = 1.20	42.00 ± 9.89	F = 0.21	3.69 ± 1.33	F = 0.46
Associate’s degree	10.63 ± 1.50		10.38 ± 2.61		20.69		39.13 ± 4.25		3.41 ± 0.69
Bachelor’s degree	11.11 ± 2.63		9.81 ± 2.54		20.17		38.78 ± 6.81		3.75 ± 0.71
Postgraduates	12.25 ± 0.95		9.75 ± 2.50		23.25		40.25 ± 2.87		3.81 ± 0.60
Condition of a conflict with nurses
Yes	10.19 ± 2.18	t = −3.27	8.90 ± 2.54	t = −2.86	18.05	U = 148.00	36.29 ± 5.65	t = −3.48	3.58 ± 0.72	t = −1.13
No	12.35 ± 2.03		10.90 ± 1.83		24.10	Z = −1.64	42.15 ± 5.08		3.83 ± 0.68
						Condition of a conflict with other employees
Yes	11.21 ± 1.98	t = −0.08	9.37 ± 2.52	t = −1.26	16.87	U = 130.50	37.89 ± 5.02	t = −1.23	3.51 ± 0.69	t = −1.65
No	11.27 ± 2.67		10.32 ± 2.29		24.57	Z = −2.08	40.23 ± 6.81		3.87 ± 0.68
						Are you patient
Yes	11.18 ± 2.35	t = −0.57	9.95 ± 2.49	t = 0.64	21.03	U = 56.00	39.16 ± 6.32	t = 0.04	3.70 ± 0.72	t = 0.18
No	12.00 ± 2.64		9.00 ± 1.00		20.67	Z = −0.05	39.00 ± 1.00		3.63 ± 0.66
						Are you peaceful
Yes	11.48 ± 2.21	t = 1.01	10.24 ± 2.48	t = 1.51	23.26	U = 108.50	40.03 ± 6.13	t = 1.47	3.75 ± 0.72	t = 0.66
No	10.67 ± 2.67		9.00 ± 2.08		15.54	Z = −1.90	37.00 ± 5.64		3.58 ± 0.68

sd: standard deviation, KW: Kruskal–Wallis, U: Mann–Whitney U.