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@ Perceptual and Motor Skills 1976
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT NURSES ON THE IES TEST: PATTERNS OF IMPULSE, EGO, AND SUPEREGO FUNCTIONING1 H A R R Y W. GARDINER IVinona State University Nearly a decade has passed since Gardiner ( 4 ) , reporting the first data by foreign subjects o n the IES Test (2, 3), commented on the lack of adequate information regarding females' performance o n this test (1, 5, 7, 8). While additional studies have now a p peared (6, 9 ) , none has reported scores for individuals engaged in specific occupational activities. This is the first i n a series of studies designed to compare and contrast the personality structures of college students selecting a variery of academic majors. T h e IES Test was administered to 53 female students in the senior year of a baccalaureate nursing program. Age range was from 20 to 24 yr., with a mean age of 21.37 yr. In light of the nature of the helping profession for which they are preparing, it was hypothesized that nursing students would obtain relatively high E scores reflecting an orientation to reality, a capacity for objective judgment, and control over impulsive needs and desires. The means and standard deviations for the four subtests: Picture Title, Picture Story Completion. Photo Analysis, and Arrow Dot are shown in Table 1. Nonstacistical comTABLE 1 MEANSf STANDARDDEVlATlONS FOR SUBTESTSO F IES TEST Picture Title
Photo Analysis
Picture Story Completion
Arrow Dot
parisons with data presented in previous studies (1, 3, 4, 7, 8 ) suggest differences of both a directional and quantitative nature which lends support to the hypothesis stated earlier. Subjects obtained relatively higher E scores, most notably o n the P T and PhA subtests, lower I scores, especially o n the A D subtest, and SDs were generally smaller than those reported for other female groups. In short, female nursing students showed controlled behavior, good contact with reality, and few, if any, signs of pathology. Further studies will attempt to explore these findings and others in greater detail. REFERENCES 1. BORTNER, R. The 1ES Test and a performance measure of intelligence. Percept. mot. Skills, 1966, 22. 171-175. Test 2. DOMBROSE, L.. & SLOBIN,M. T h e IES Test hi~ssoula,Mont.: Psychological Specialists, 1957. 3. DOMBROSE,L. A., & SLOBIN.M. S. T h e IES Test. Percept. mot. Skills, 1958, 8, 347389. (Monogr. Suppl. 3) 4. GARDINER, H. W. Use of the IES Test in Thailand: responses of female college students. Percept. mot. Skills, 1969, 28, 858. 5. HERRON,W. G. The IES "experiment." Percept. mot. Skills, 1966, 23, 279-290. 6. MCCORMICK,C., KLAPPAUF,J., SCHNOBRICH,J., & HARVEY,J. Relationships among Arrow-Dot JES scores and Wechsler IQs and MMPI scales for hospitalized disturbed adolescents. Percept. mot. Skills, 197 1, 33, 1227-1234. 7. PINCKNEY.G. Relative strengths of impulse, ego, and superego in female college students. PerceDt. mar. Skills, 1963. 17, 340. 8. RANKIN, R., & JOHNSON,J. lnfluenceof age and sex on the IES test. Percept. mot. Skills, 1962, 15, 775-778. 9. Zrv~ovrc,M. Influence of deafness on the structure of personality. Percept. n o t . Skills. 1971. 33. 863-866. Accepted ]uli 20, I 976: 'This study was supported in part by a faculty research grant from Winona State University to the Nursing Department.
@ Perceptual and Motor Skills 1976
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT NURSES ON THE IES TEST: PATTERNS OF IMPULSE, EGO, AND SUPEREGO FUNCTIONING1 H A R R Y W. GARDINER IVinona State University Nearly a decade has passed since Gardiner ( 4 ) , reporting the first data by foreign subjects o n the IES Test (2, 3), commented on the lack of adequate information regarding females' performance o n this test (1, 5, 7, 8). While additional studies have now a p peared (6, 9 ) , none has reported scores for individuals engaged in specific occupational activities. This is the first i n a series of studies designed to compare and contrast the personality structures of college students selecting a variery of academic majors. T h e IES Test was administered to 53 female students in the senior year of a baccalaureate nursing program. Age range was from 20 to 24 yr., with a mean age of 21.37 yr. In light of the nature of the helping profession for which they are preparing, it was hypothesized that nursing students would obtain relatively high E scores reflecting an orientation to reality, a capacity for objective judgment, and control over impulsive needs and desires. The means and standard deviations for the four subtests: Picture Title, Picture Story Completion. Photo Analysis, and Arrow Dot are shown in Table 1. Nonstacistical comTABLE 1 MEANSf STANDARDDEVlATlONS FOR SUBTESTSO F IES TEST Picture Title
Photo Analysis
Picture Story Completion
Arrow Dot
parisons with data presented in previous studies (1, 3, 4, 7, 8 ) suggest differences of both a directional and quantitative nature which lends support to the hypothesis stated earlier. Subjects obtained relatively higher E scores, most notably o n the P T and PhA subtests, lower I scores, especially o n the A D subtest, and SDs were generally smaller than those reported for other female groups. In short, female nursing students showed controlled behavior, good contact with reality, and few, if any, signs of pathology. Further studies will attempt to explore these findings and others in greater detail. REFERENCES 1. BORTNER, R. The 1ES Test and a performance measure of intelligence. Percept. mot. Skills, 1966, 22. 171-175. Test 2. DOMBROSE, L.. & SLOBIN,M. T h e IES Test hi~ssoula,Mont.: Psychological Specialists, 1957. 3. DOMBROSE,L. A., & SLOBIN.M. S. T h e IES Test. Percept. mot. Skills, 1958, 8, 347389. (Monogr. Suppl. 3) 4. GARDINER, H. W. Use of the IES Test in Thailand: responses of female college students. Percept. mot. Skills, 1969, 28, 858. 5. HERRON,W. G. The IES "experiment." Percept. mot. Skills, 1966, 23, 279-290. 6. MCCORMICK,C., KLAPPAUF,J., SCHNOBRICH,J., & HARVEY,J. Relationships among Arrow-Dot JES scores and Wechsler IQs and MMPI scales for hospitalized disturbed adolescents. Percept. mot. Skills, 197 1, 33, 1227-1234. 7. PINCKNEY.G. Relative strengths of impulse, ego, and superego in female college students. PerceDt. mar. Skills, 1963. 17, 340. 8. RANKIN, R., & JOHNSON,J. lnfluenceof age and sex on the IES test. Percept. mot. Skills, 1962, 15, 775-778. 9. Zrv~ovrc,M. Influence of deafness on the structure of personality. Percept. n o t . Skills. 1971. 33. 863-866. Accepted ]uli 20, I 976: 'This study was supported in part by a faculty research grant from Winona State University to the Nursing Department.
