The relationship between nurse' well-being and personality characteristics from the perspective of positive psychology / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between the subjective well-being and personality characteristics of nurses,and provide the basis for managers to implement humanized management and improve the nurse happiness from the perspective of positive psychology.Methods A total of 190 nurses were selected from a hospital of Zhongshan city by convenience sampling technique.And General Situation Questionnaire,Happiness Scale and the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Short Form (Chinese version) were used in the investigation.Results The average score of general happiness was (54.91± 9.18) points for male nurses,which was lower than that of the national norm.The sense of happiness between male and female nurses showed statistical difference.The emotional stability of nurses with different marital status showed significant difference.Nurses' subjective well-being and personality characteristics had a significant causal relationship by multiple stepwise regression analysis.Conclusions The general wellbeing about nursing staff is lower than the national norm,male nurses' happiness was lower than that of female and married nurses' emotional instability is higher than unmarried nurses.The nurses' personality is an important factor that affect their happiness.Managers should be under the guidance of the positive psychology,pay attention to the nurse' personality characteristics to improve the nurse' happiness,improve the level of nurse' mental health,to stabilize and optimize the nursing team,and improve the quality of nursing.