The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.

Research Topic: The aim of this study was to determine the relative contribution of trait negative affect and individual psychological resilience in explaining the professional quality of life of nurses. Materials and Methods: One thousand, seven hundred and forty-three Australian nurses from the pu...

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Main Authors: Hegney, Desley, Rees, Clare, Eley, R., Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca, Francis, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40545
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author Hegney, Desley
Rees, Clare
Eley, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
Francis, K.
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Rees, Clare
Eley, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
Francis, K.
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description Research Topic: The aim of this study was to determine the relative contribution of trait negative affect and individual psychological resilience in explaining the professional quality of life of nurses. Materials and Methods: One thousand, seven hundred and forty-three Australian nurses from the public, private, and aged care sectors completed an online Qualtrics survey. The survey collected demographic data as well as measures of depression, anxiety and stress, trait negative affect, resilience, and professional quality of life. Results: Significant positive relationships were observed between anxiety, depression and stress, trait negative affectivity, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (compassion fatigue). Significant negative relationships were observed between each of the aforementioned variables and resilience and compassion satisfaction (CS). Results of mediated regression analysis indicated that resilience partially mediates the relationship between trait negative affect and CS. Conclusion: Results confirm the importance of both trait negative affect and resilience in explaining positive aspects of professional quality of life. Importantly, resilience was confirmed as a key variable impacting levels of CS and thus a potentially important variable to target in interventions aimed at improving nurse’s professional quality of life.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-405452018-03-28T07:02:42Z The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses. Hegney, Desley Rees, Clare Eley, R. Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca Francis, K. Research Topic: The aim of this study was to determine the relative contribution of trait negative affect and individual psychological resilience in explaining the professional quality of life of nurses. Materials and Methods: One thousand, seven hundred and forty-three Australian nurses from the public, private, and aged care sectors completed an online Qualtrics survey. The survey collected demographic data as well as measures of depression, anxiety and stress, trait negative affect, resilience, and professional quality of life. Results: Significant positive relationships were observed between anxiety, depression and stress, trait negative affectivity, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (compassion fatigue). Significant negative relationships were observed between each of the aforementioned variables and resilience and compassion satisfaction (CS). Results of mediated regression analysis indicated that resilience partially mediates the relationship between trait negative affect and CS. Conclusion: Results confirm the importance of both trait negative affect and resilience in explaining positive aspects of professional quality of life. Importantly, resilience was confirmed as a key variable impacting levels of CS and thus a potentially important variable to target in interventions aimed at improving nurse’s professional quality of life. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40545 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01613 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Hegney, Desley
Rees, Clare
Eley, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
Francis, K.
The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title_full The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title_fullStr The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title_full_unstemmed The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title_short The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
title_sort contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of australian nurses.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40545