Occupational Stress and Coping Styles as Factors Affecting the Burnout of Clinical Nurses

Abstract Background Pediatric nurses experience a wide rang of stressful events at work every day, which can trigger a lot of emotional responses. The objectives of this study were mainly to assess occupational stress, coping styles and mental health among pediatric nurses,and to explore the potential interrelationships of these factors. Methods A total of 381 pediatric nurses from Chongqing, China were recruited in this cross-sectional study. We performed this study based on a questionnaire survey that contained the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Symptom-Checklist 90(SCL-90). Results The prevalence of healthy risk stress(HRS) in pediatric nurses was 54.3%, and nurses with different genders and professional titles have different occupational stress level. The result of the positive screen rates of mental healthy problems, by descending order, they were: obsessive-compulsive symptoms (52.0%), depression (33.1%), hostility (32.8%), and so on. Wilcoxon signed rank tests analysis showed pediatric nurses had both significantly higher risk mental health problems compared to general population and national nurse population. And with the application of the Spearman correlation analysis and Structural Equation Modelling were revealed a significant relationship among occupational stress, coping style and mental health. The positive coping style had a negative direct predictive effect on occupational stress(β=-0.499,P < 0.01) and mental health(β=-0.115,P < 0.01), negative coping styles had positive predictive effect on occupational stress(β = 0.185,P < 0.01) and mental health(β = 0.205,P < 0.01). Occupational stress had significant impact on mental health(0.416,P < 0.01), and it was played a part of mediating effect between coping style and mental health. Conclusion A high prevalence of occupational stress and worse mental health among pediatric nurses, and occupational stress and coping styles were important predictors for their mental health. In order to improve their mental health level, more attention should be paid and modifications should be made to the occupational stress and coping style for this population.

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The influence of family therapy on psychological stress and social adaptability of depressed patients

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-213503 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Qinghua Chen ◽

Wenqing Zhao ◽

Qun Li ◽

Harnof Sagi

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Family Therapy ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Life Events ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Control Group ◽

Social Adaptability ◽

And Coping

BACKGROUND: with the increase of study and life pressure, the number of depressed college students showed an increasing trend year by year, and the drug treatment alone could not achieve a comprehensive recovery of depression patients, so it was more necessary to pay attention to the spiritual treatment. OBJECTIVE: this research aimed to better understand the relationship between college students’ depression and life events, social support, psychological pressure, and coping style, and the influence of systematic family therapy on depression degree, psychological stress, and social adaptability of college students with depression. METHODS: in this study, 105 college students with depression were selected as the research object, and healthy college students were taken as the control group. Through questionnaire, the differences in life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the groups were compared. The correlation between the degree of depression and various variables were analyzed, and the impact path of each variable on depression was analyzed using the path analysis model. Depression patients were then divided into a conventional group treating with conventional medications and an observation group treating with systematic family interventions. Differences in Hamilton Depression Scale-17, (HAMD-17), CPSS, and Social Adaptive Functioning Evaluation (SAFE) scores were compared and analyzed between the two groups before treatment (T1), during the treatment (T2), and after treatment(T3). RESULTS: there were significant differences in scores of life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the healthy control group and the depressed patients (P < 0.05). There was an obvious correlation between different depression degrees and life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles (P < 0.05). Life events, social support, and psychological stress had a direct and significant impact on depression (0.250, 0.218, and 0.392; P < 0.05), and they also had an indirect and significant impact on depression through coping styles (P < 0.05). The systematic family treatment model could significantly reduce HAMD-17 and CPSS scores (P < 0.05), and significantly improve SAFE scores (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: adverse life events, lack of social support, excessive psychological stress, and negative coping styles can aggravate college students’ depression. Systematic family therapy can improve the degree of depression, reduce the psychological stress, and enhance the social adaptability of college students with depression.

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Occupational Stress and Coping Mechanism: Vedanta Desika's Nyasa Dasakam

Journal of Yoga and Physiotherapy ◽

10.19080/jyp.2017.01.555575 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Geetha Anand

Keyword(s):

Occupational Stress ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping Mechanism ◽

And Coping

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The Influence of Occupational Stress on Nurses’ Health: The Mediating Effects of Neuroticism and Coping Styles

Advances in Psychology ◽

10.12677/ap.2014.42037 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 04 (02) ◽

pp. 252-262

Author(s):

文锶

Keyword(s):

Occupational Stress ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

And Coping

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Hobfoll's Strategic Approach to Coping: Reliability and Validity of the Italian Adaptation

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3f.1130 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1130-1132 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Anna Laura Comunian

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Conservation Of Resources ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Coping Scale ◽

And Coping ◽

Scale Data

A brief review of Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources theory is given, and the Italian adaptation of a measurement, based on this theory, the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale, is presented. The scale is useful measure to assess stress and coping conceptualized to identify coping styles. The investigation used a sample of Italian people (N = 251, 18 to 25 years of age). Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the validity of the scale. Data on the Italian adaptation are discussed.

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Occupational Stress and Coping with Stress: A Critique

Human Relations ◽

10.1177/001872678904200505 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 441-461 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

T. J. Newton

Keyword(s):

Occupational Stress ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

And Coping

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Work Stress, Coping, and Gender

Australian Journal of Primary Health ◽

10.1071/py98063 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

Robert J. Kirkby ◽

Jenifer Skues

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Occupational Stress ◽

Work Stress ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Stress Coping ◽

And Gender ◽

And Coping ◽

Research Resources

Women constitute an increasingly large segment of the paid workforce. Nevertheless, investigators of work stress have focused predominantly on men and, largely, have ignored possible gender differences. This has led to findings, based on the study of male workers, being incorrectly applied to females. Further, the limited amount of research into work stress and coping that has been published has been vulnerable to criticisms. An analysis of research in this area suggested that gender moderates work stress in three ways: men and women are vulnerable to different stressors relating to work; they utilise different coping strategies to cope with these stressors, and they vary in their perceptions of the resources that they have available to help them to cope. It is important to direct research resources to further investigation of gender differences in these three dimensions. Such research is necessary for the development of effective preventative and treatment programs for occupational stress.

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