Correlation between psychological capital and job burnout and coping styles of psychiatric nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the correlation between psychological capital, job burnout and coping style of psychiatric nurses.Methods:Using cluster sampling method, 139 psychiatric nurses from a third grade a psychiatric hospital in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province were selected as the objects of investigation. General information questionnaire, psychological capital questionnaire, job burnout scale and simple coping style questionnaire were used to investigate.Results:The psychological capital of psychiatric nurses was positively correlated with positive coping style ( r=0.801, P<0.01), negatively correlated with job burnout ( r=-0.864, P < 0.01), and negatively correlated with negative coping style ( r=-0.774, P < 0.01). The results of stepwise regression showed that job burnout, monthly income, positive coping style and negative coping style could predict 84.0% of the variance of psychological capital. Conclusion:Psychiatric nurses'psychological capital level is above the middle level. Monthly income and positive coping positively predicted nurses'psychological capital, job burnout and negative coping negatively predicted nurses' psychological capital. Managers can improve the coping style of nurses, rationally distribute the income of nurses, and improve the psychological capital of psychiatric nurses, so as to alleviate the burnout of psychiatric nurses.