The Relationship Between Critical Thinking Skills and Conflict Management Styles in Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Members, University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Medical universities need faculty members (FMs) who use high-level thinking and the power of reason to make decisions in conflicting situations. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between critical thinking skills and conflict management styles in the Medical University FMs (MUFMs). A descriptive cross-sectional study using the stratified sampling and then Quota sampling was performed. The sample size was 160 people. The Thomas and Kilman's Questionnaire for Conflict Management Style and Critical Thinking Questionnaire Form B were used. This study showed that the total score of faculty members' critical thinking was lower than the expected mean. The participants have more deductive thinking skills. Other skills are descending respectively, including inductive thinking skills, evaluation, inference, and analysis. In the Conflict Management styles, the Compromising style scored the highest. And other styles are used in descending respectively, including; conflict management styles avoidance, competition, and collaboration. This study showed that the Compromising Conflict Management Style was the highest among the FMs and, in contrast to the Collaborating conflict management style, scored the lowest. The deductive Critical thinking skill scored the highest; in contrast, the analysis critical thinking skill was the least scored. This study showed that by increasing the total score of critical thinking skills of participants, the using of avoidance and compromising conflict management style is more likely.
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2. Dargahi H, Mousavi S, Araghieh Farahani S, Shaham G. Conflict Management and its related strategies. Payavard Salamat. 2008;2(1):63-72.
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4. dehghnnayeri N, Negarandeh R, Bahrani N, Sadoghi Asl A. Conflict Management among Clinical Nurses. Journal of hayat. 2010;16(2):55-63.
5. Hadizadeh F, Firoozi M, Shamaeyan Razavi N. Nursing and Midwifery Students Perspective on Clinical Education in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Iranian Journal of Medical Education. 2005;5(1):70-8.
6. Salarvand S, Pournia Y. Perception of medical university members from nutritional health in the Quran. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2014;16(4).
7. Avizhgan M, Karam Alian H, Zandi B, Ashourioun V, Changiz T. Prioritization of educational needs of faculty members in medical school of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Iranian Journal of Medical Education. 2011;10(5):735-47.[In Persian].
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10. Rambuyon R, Domondon C. Conflict Management Styles of Faculty. Psychology and Education Journal. 2021;58(4):1709-13.
11. yousefian A. Conflict Management Process and Conflict Management Strategies. Karojameh. 2015;185(1):82-72.
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29. Rahnama A, Mirzamohamadi M, Bijvand F. Investigating the Relationship between Critical Thinking and Science Production Among faculty members of Shahed University. Training & Learning Researches. 2014;2(3):257-88.
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45. Özkalp E, Sungur Z, Ayşe Özdemir A. Conflict management styles of Turkish managers. Journal of European Industrial Training. 2009;33(5):419-38.
46. Knox DK. The California critical thinking skills test. Clemson Thinks2. 2013.
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Salarvand S, Mousavi M-S. The Relationship Between Critical Thinking Skills and Conflict Management Styles in Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Members, University of Medical Sciences. Acta Med Iran. 2022;60(7):346-444.
