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Job demands and personal resources in their relations to indicators of job strain among nurses for older people.
- Source :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Oct2013, Vol. 69 Issue 10, p2185-2195, 11p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Aims To examine the role of two personal resources (active, problem-focused coping; self-efficacy beliefs) in the relation between job demands and strain. Background Evidence suggests that healthcare staff in general and nurses in particular, are at a high risk of suffering from high levels of job strain. In addition to often examined job-related resources (such as control and social support), personal resources are expected to moderate (i.e. buffer) the relation between job demands and indicators of strain, particularly when there is a functional match between the type of demands and resources. Design Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Method A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted (February-April 2010) among staff members of three nursing homes of a municipal organization for residential elderly care located in an urban area of Western Germany. A total of 145 of 251 employees responded to the invitation to participate in the study (57·8% participation rate). Data were analysed by hierarchical moderated regression analyses. Results Increasing job demands (quantitative and qualitative workload) had adverse effects on emotional exhaustion, psychosomatic complaints, and turnover intentions, whereas nurses' self-efficacy beliefs exerted beneficial effects on all outcomes. Furthermore, findings revealed that active, problem-focused coping interacts with job demands in the prediction of job strain. Conclusion Both research and practice should focus on a closer match between personal resources and job demands to prevent nurses from being strained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIENCE
GERIATRIC nursing
JOB descriptions
JOB stress
LABOR turnover
NURSING home patients
NURSING care facilities
PROBLEM solving
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH evaluation
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-efficacy
SURVEYS
EMPLOYEES' workload
QUALITATIVE research
NURSING home employees
QUANTITATIVE research
EDUCATIONAL attainment
CROSS-sectional method
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90210878
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12082