Based on a valid multidimensional model to evaluate work-related stress and wellbeing among nurses, namely the Demands Resources and Individual Effects Model Among Nurses (DRIVE-NURSES Model), the present study has a twofold objective: 1. to identify specific patterns of coping strategies adopted by nurses to deal with stress (Problem-Focused, Social Support, Self-Blame, Wishful-Thinking, and Avoidance Coping Strategies); 2. to explore potential differences in perceived levels of Demands (Effort, Job Demands), Resources (Rewards, Job Control, Social Support), and Psychological Health conditions (Anxiety, Depression, Somatization, Phobic-Anxiety, Obsessive–Compulsive, Interpersonal-Sensitivity, Hostility, Psychoticism, Paranoid Ideation) according to the emerged patterns of coping. Overall, 265 nurses completed a questionnaire consisting of the Ways of Coping Checklist-Revised, along with the Effort-Reward-Imbalance test, the Job-Content Questionnaire, and the Symptom-Checklist-90-Revised. Non-hierarchical k-means cluster analysis was employed to derive patterns of coping, identifying three stable and meaningful patterns nurses may adopt for dealing with stress, which were labelled as Active-Solution Oriented, Dysregulated-Emotion focused, and Passive-Disengaged. ANOVAs revealed statistically significant differences in perceived Demands, Resources and Psychological Health conditions according to the different patterns of coping. Nurses belonging to Dysregulated-Emotion focused group emerged to be at higher risk for perceiving higher Effort, lower Resources, and higher psychological disease - followed by those belonging to Passive-Disengaged group – in comparison with nurses belonging to Active-Solution Oriented group. Findings can be used to develop evidence-based interventions fostering more engaged and solution oriented approaches, as well as to support more suitable emotion regulation strategies for stress management among nurses.
Patterns of Coping Strategies Among Nurses: Impact on Perceived Demands, Resources, and Psychological Health / Vallone, Federica; Zurlo, MARIA CLELIA. - (2024). ( the International Conference on Nursing Science & Practice (Nursing Science-2024) Los Angeles April 17-19).
Patterns of Coping Strategies Among Nurses: Impact on Perceived Demands, Resources, and Psychological Health
Federica Vallone;Maria Clelia Zurlo
2024
Abstract
Based on a valid multidimensional model to evaluate work-related stress and wellbeing among nurses, namely the Demands Resources and Individual Effects Model Among Nurses (DRIVE-NURSES Model), the present study has a twofold objective: 1. to identify specific patterns of coping strategies adopted by nurses to deal with stress (Problem-Focused, Social Support, Self-Blame, Wishful-Thinking, and Avoidance Coping Strategies); 2. to explore potential differences in perceived levels of Demands (Effort, Job Demands), Resources (Rewards, Job Control, Social Support), and Psychological Health conditions (Anxiety, Depression, Somatization, Phobic-Anxiety, Obsessive–Compulsive, Interpersonal-Sensitivity, Hostility, Psychoticism, Paranoid Ideation) according to the emerged patterns of coping. Overall, 265 nurses completed a questionnaire consisting of the Ways of Coping Checklist-Revised, along with the Effort-Reward-Imbalance test, the Job-Content Questionnaire, and the Symptom-Checklist-90-Revised. Non-hierarchical k-means cluster analysis was employed to derive patterns of coping, identifying three stable and meaningful patterns nurses may adopt for dealing with stress, which were labelled as Active-Solution Oriented, Dysregulated-Emotion focused, and Passive-Disengaged. ANOVAs revealed statistically significant differences in perceived Demands, Resources and Psychological Health conditions according to the different patterns of coping. Nurses belonging to Dysregulated-Emotion focused group emerged to be at higher risk for perceiving higher Effort, lower Resources, and higher psychological disease - followed by those belonging to Passive-Disengaged group – in comparison with nurses belonging to Active-Solution Oriented group. Findings can be used to develop evidence-based interventions fostering more engaged and solution oriented approaches, as well as to support more suitable emotion regulation strategies for stress management among nurses.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
