The relationship between impulsive personality and suicide ideation of female nurses: the mediating role of social support / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the level of suicide ideation of female nurses in the public grade A hospitals of Fujian Province, and to explore the influence of impulsive personality and social support on the suicidal ideation of nurses.Methods:A total of 1 000 female nurses from a number of public grade A hospitals in Fujian Province were investigated by convenient sampling method from March to October 2019, using Barratt impulsive personality scale, social support scale and suicide ideation scale were used for the survey.Results:The prevenlence of suicidal ideation was 9.74%. Social support was negatively correlated with impulsive personality and suicidal ideation, and impulsive personality was positively correlated with suicidal ideation ( r=-0.329, -0.449, 0.291, P<0.01). The social support had an indirect mediating effect on the influence of impulsive personality on suicidal ideation. Conclusions:Nursing managers can promote the level of social support of nurses and reduce the intensity of suicidal ideation.