Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses

Abstract Aim To investigate associations between temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses. Design A descriptive‐correlational study using self‐administered anonymous questionnaires. Methods Questionnaires were collected from 1,267 nurses. We used analysis of covariance to e...

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Main Authors: Koji Tanaka, Satomi Ikeuchi, Keiko Teranishi, Masato Oe, Yuko Morikawa, Chizuko Konya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-05-01
Series:Nursing Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.441
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spelling doaj-64f2a82868214af7a428f4de213f9a822020-11-25T02:54:59ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582020-05-017370071010.1002/nop2.441Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nursesKoji Tanaka0Satomi Ikeuchi1Keiko Teranishi2Masato Oe3Yuko Morikawa4Chizuko Konya5School of Nursing Kanazawa Medical University Ishikawa JapanSchool of Nursing Kanazawa Medical University Ishikawa JapanSchool of Nursing Kanazawa Medical University Ishikawa JapanSchool of Nursing Mie University Mie JapanSchool of Nursing Kanazawa Medical University Ishikawa JapanIshikawa Prefectural Nursing University Ishikawa JapanAbstract Aim To investigate associations between temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses. Design A descriptive‐correlational study using self‐administered anonymous questionnaires. Methods Questionnaires were collected from 1,267 nurses. We used analysis of covariance to examine associations between tendencies of temperament (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable and anxious) and professional quality of life subscales (compassion satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue) first for all participants and then again after dividing the participants into two groups based on years of experience. Results Nurses’ professional quality of life was associated with innate temperament and years of experience. Nurses with any of depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, or anxious tendencies showed significantly lower compassion satisfaction and higher burnout and compassion fatigue than those without these tendencies. Nurses with hyperthymic tendencies showed significantly higher compassion satisfaction and lower burnout than those without the tendency.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.441mental healthNursesprofessional quality of lifetemperament
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author Koji Tanaka
Satomi Ikeuchi
Keiko Teranishi
Masato Oe
Yuko Morikawa
Chizuko Konya
spellingShingle Koji Tanaka
Satomi Ikeuchi
Keiko Teranishi
Masato Oe
Yuko Morikawa
Chizuko Konya
Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
Nursing Open
mental health
Nurses
professional quality of life
temperament
author_facet Koji Tanaka
Satomi Ikeuchi
Keiko Teranishi
Masato Oe
Yuko Morikawa
Chizuko Konya
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title Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
title_short Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
title_full Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
title_fullStr Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
title_full_unstemmed Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses
title_sort temperament and professional quality of life among japanese nurses
publisher Wiley
series Nursing Open
issn 2054-1058
publishDate 2020-05-01
description Abstract Aim To investigate associations between temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses. Design A descriptive‐correlational study using self‐administered anonymous questionnaires. Methods Questionnaires were collected from 1,267 nurses. We used analysis of covariance to examine associations between tendencies of temperament (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable and anxious) and professional quality of life subscales (compassion satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue) first for all participants and then again after dividing the participants into two groups based on years of experience. Results Nurses’ professional quality of life was associated with innate temperament and years of experience. Nurses with any of depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, or anxious tendencies showed significantly lower compassion satisfaction and higher burnout and compassion fatigue than those without these tendencies. Nurses with hyperthymic tendencies showed significantly higher compassion satisfaction and lower burnout than those without the tendency.
topic mental health
Nurses
professional quality of life
temperament
url https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.441
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