Sense of responsibility mediates proactive personality and prosocial behavior in nursing undergraduates: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 General information and one-way analysis of prosocial behavior of undergraduate nursing students ( N = 526 )

Projects	Frequency (%)	M ± SD	Statistics (t/F)	P-value
Gender			0.54^a)	0.591
Male	121 (23.0%)	72.6 ± 11.4
Female	405 (77.0%)	72.0 ± 11.0
The Only Child			-1.21^a)	0.226
Yes	50 (9.5%)	70.4 ± 10.3
No	476 (90.5%)	72.4 ± 11.1
Place of origin			0.43^b)	0.654
Rural	416 (79.1%)	72.2 ± 11.2
City	32 (6.1%)	73.5 ± 10.6
Cities and towns	78 (14.8%)	71.4 ± 10.7
Left behind experience			-0.53^a)	0.596
Yes	290 (55.1%)	71.9 ± 10.8
No	236 (44.9%)	72.4 ± 11.4
Student leaders			1.14^a)	0.256
Yes	112 (21.3%)	73.2 ± 12.3
No	414 (78.7%)	71.9 ± 10.7
Social practice experience			2.30^a)	0.022
Yes	304 (57.8%)	73.1 ± 11.7
No	222 (42.2%)	70.9 ± 10.0
Promotion-seeking
Yes No	441 (83.8%) 85 (16.2%)	72.7 ± 11.2 69.3 ± 9.7	2.64^a)	0.009
Personality			4.16^b)	0.018
introverted	108 (20.5%)	69.8 ± 9.6
Extrovert	70 (13.3%)	74.3 ± 13.4
Neutral	348 (66.2%)	72.5 ± 10.60
Academic performance			3.11^b)	0.047
Upstream	70 (13.3%)	72.8 ± 10.0
Midstream	347 (66.0%)	72.8 ± 11.1
Downstream	109 (20.7%)	69.8 ± 11.4

Note. a) two independent samples t-test; b) ANOVA
LSD post-hoc comparisons showed a significant difference between extroverted personality of undergraduate nursing students and introverted and neutral in prosocial behavior scores, with extrovert > introverted > neutral
M: Means; SD: Standard Deviation

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