Occupational stress and personality characteristics of nurse / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate occupational stressandits relation with personality characteristics for offering basis to intervene the occupational stress. Methods Atestofoc cupational stressand personality characteristics was carried out with revised occupationalstress inventory (OSIR) and the sixteen personadity factor questionnaire (16PF) for 743 nurses. Results The scores of personal strain questionnaire (92.14 ?0.69) of OSIR for nurses are higher than the common example (84.78?18.16). and the scores of the factors in the personal resources questionnaire(123.98?0.68)are obviously lower than the common example. (130.02? 17.39) Personality characteristics are correlated with occupational stress. Personality characteristics such as vigilance,apprehension and tensiondisplaypositive correlation with personal strain andnegative correlation with personal resources. Personality characteristics such aswarmth,social boldness,perfectionism,ruleconsciousness,emotional stability and sensitivitydisplay negative correlation with personal strainandpositive correlation to personal resources. Conclusion The occupational stress of nurses is related to personality characteristics.