Thesis

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Diagram 10: PICI subscale means for the Hungarian and Swedish nurses
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Positive Thinking
Sense of Control
Sense of Coherence
Creative Self-Concept
Sense of Self-Growth
Change and Challenge Orientation
Social Monitoring Capacity
Problem Solving Capacity
Self-Efficacy
Social Mobilizing Capacity
Social Creation Capacity
Synchronicity
Goal Orientation
Impulse Control
Emotional Control
Irritability Control
Hungarian
Swedish
Levene test was conducted in order to check for the homogeneity of variances, however since
this failed in several of the subscales, a robust Welch test was used to determine the
significance of the mean differences between the two samples. It was found that there were
significant differences in several subscales, except for problem solving capacity, self-efficacy,
social mobilizing capacity, social creation capacity, synchronicity, and goal orientation. There
were differences in positive thinking (F=16.468, p