Effective Factors in Critical Thinking Disposition in Nursing Students

Table 2

Total score of critical thinking disposition and scores of its dimensions by gender and marital status.

Independent variable/critical thinking disposition	Gender		P	Marital status		P
	Mean ± SD			Mean ± SD
	Female	Male		Female	Male
Innovation	42.04 ± 5.50	41.92 ± 5.71	0.69	41.92 ± 5.41	42.57 ± 6.74	0.25
Maturity	30.64 ± 4.47	29.34 ± 4.41	0.66	30.11 ± 4.58	30.44 ± 3.70	0.19
Engagement	47.38 ± 6.45	46.91 ± 8.91	0.01	46.93 ± 7.49	49.19 ± 7.09	0.99
Total	118.46 ± 13.06	117.55 ± 22.17	0.08	117.78 ± 14.56	120.92 ± 15.76	0.45