The purpose of this study was to use the California Psychological Inventory to assess whether certain personality variables would differ for two groups of nursing students who were participating in an experimental, longitudinal clinical education study. The inventory was administered to 28 nursing students during the spring semester of their senior year. Analysis indicated that the 12 students in the control group scored significantly higher on three subscales, Capacity for Status, Sociability, and Social Presence, than did the 16 in the special program.
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