Occupational stress, sense of coherence, coping, burnout and work engagement of registered nurses in South Africa

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

 
 
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Title Occupational stress, sense of coherence, coping, burnout and work engagement of registered nurses in South Africa
 
Creator van der Colff, Johanna J. Rothmann, Sebastiaan
 
Subject Organisation Psychology distress; eustress; psychological strengths; well-being; wellness
Description The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the occupational stress, sense of coherence, coping, burnout and work engagement of registered nurses in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The study population consisted of 818 registered nurses. The Nursing Stress Inventory, the Orientation to Life Questionnaire, the COPE, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were administered. The results show that the experience of depletion of emotional resources and feelings of depersonalisation by registered nurses were associated with stress due to job demands and a lack of organisational support, focus on and ventilation of emotions as a coping strategy, and a weak sense of coherence. Work engagement was predicted by a strong sense of coherence and approach-coping strategies.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2009-02-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Cross-sectional survey design
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajip.v35i1.423
 
Source SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 35, No 1 (2009); 10 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Gauteng 2004-2005 818 nurses
Rights Copyright (c) 2009 Johanna J. van der Colff, Sebastiaan Rothmann https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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