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

Table 3

The analysis of conflict resolution strategies with certain variables.

Independent variables	Compromising		Dominating		İntegration		Avoiding		Obliging
	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean rank	U-Z/KWX^2	Mean ± sd	t/F	Mean ± sd	t/F
		Gender
Woman	3.64 ± 0.81	t = 0.69	2.53 ± 0.86	t = −0.72	21.41	U = 59.00	2.95 ± 0.86	t = 0.55	4.05 ± 0.56	t = 0.15
Men	3.35 ± 0.72		2.85 ± 0.44		17.25	Z = −0.666	2.71 ± 0.44		4.00 ± 0.53
						Marital status
Married	3.62 ± 0.77	t = 0.03	2.55 ± 0.85	t = −0.22	21.11	U = 53.00	2.93 ± 0.81	t = −0.03	4.04 ± 0.55	t = 0.13
Single	3.60 ± 1.25		2.67 ± 0.70		19.67	Z = −0.202	2.94 ± 1.18		4.00 ± 0.60
						Educational status
High school	3.60 ± 1.13	F = 1.21	1.90 ± 0.42	F = 0.45	28.25	KWX^2 = 8.297	3.00 ± 0.24	F = 0.32	3.83 ± 0.71	F = 2.87
Associate’s degree	3.53 ± 0.46		2.53 ± 0.64		17.19		2.79 ± 0.81		4.00 ± 0.49
Bachelor’s degree	3.74 ± 0.85		2.61 ± 0.93		23.63		3.01 ± 0.88		4.17 ± 0.53
Postgraduates	2.95 ± 0.62		2.65 ± 0.59		7.25		2.63 ± 0.84		3.38 ± 0.37
Condition of a conflict with nurses
Yes	3.56 ± 0.67	t = −0.43	2.69 ± 0.83	t = 0.98	19.05	U = 169.0	3.02 ± 0.66	t = 0.76	3.99 ± 0.53	t = −0.57
No	3.67 ± 0.92		2.43 ± 0.83		23.05	Z = −1.081	2.82 ± 0.97		4.09 ± 0.58
						Condition of a conflict with other employees
Yes	3.49 ± 0.71	t = −0.89	2.57 ± 0.82	t = 0.05	19.50	U = 180.5	2.92 ± 0.81	t = −0.04	3.97 ± 0.54	t = −0.71
						Z = −0.753
No	3.72 ± 0.86		2.55 ± 0.86		22.30		2.93 ± 0.86		4.10 ± 0.56
Are you patient
Yes	3.66 ± 0.79	t = 1.25	2.50 ± 0.83	t = −1.71	21.74	U = 29.00	2.95 ± 0.85	t = 0.56	4.06 ± 0.09	t = 0.85
No	3.07 ± 0.61		3.33 ± 0.11		11.67	Z = −1.417	2.67 ± 0.50		3.78 ± 0.43
						Are you peaceful
Yes	3.63 ± 0.88	t = 0.16	2.63 ± 0.87	t = 0.79	22.16	U = 140.5	2.95 ± 0.88	t = 0.32	4.10 ± 0.61	t = 1.138
No	3.58 ± 0.58		2.40 ± 0.74		18.21	Z = −0.971	2.86 ± 0.71		3.89 ± 0.34

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