Work conditions and personality characteristics affecting job satisfaction of student interns in extended health care facilities

Abstract

58 undergraduates employed as summer interns in extended health care facilities completed the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey (AVL) Study of Values, the TAT, and at least 25 daily logs in which they recorded activities and rated them according to a satisfaction index. Significantly high AVL social and low political and economic scores were found among the intern Ss attracted to health care summer jobs, compared to other student populations. Those Ss whose jobs allowed them to interact and care for the total needs of a few patients indicated much greater job satisfaction than those who were isolated from patients or who were responsible for only a few aspects of patient care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)