Scores of 195 Japanese female nursing students, administered the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, were compared with those of 261 Japanese female nonnursing students. The nursing students scored higher on Achievement, Abasement, Nurturance, and Endurance and lower on Exhibition and Heterosexuality than nonnursing students.
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