The association of Nurses' Personality with Perceived Stress:A study on the ICU Nurses of central Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsia-Ping Jiang, 江雪萍
• Other Authors: Tso-Chiang MA
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54716539590448298941

碩士 === 中國醫藥大學 === 醫務管理研究所 === 93 === The purpose of this study was to identify the association between occupational stress and personality traits of ICU nurses. To explore the perceived stress of different personality traits, the demographical variables and the job characteristics based on Job Characteristics Model (JCM) will be controlled. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Scale (EPQ-RS）and Taiwan nurses stress inventory was adopted to evaluate personality traits and perceived stress. The subjects of this study were collected from four regional hospitals in central Taiwan. Before a pilot survey was performed to validate the questionnaire, The 160 subjects were chosen (response rate=91.3%). Their age were 21 to 27 (mean=27), and 70.6% of them are single and 34.4% of them have university graduate. The major findings of the study were the following: 1. There was a negative relationship between neuroticism and extroversion personality of ICU nurses. 2. There were negative relationships between neuroticism and extroversion personality and age, nursing experiences. And age, religion, marital status, and nursing experiences were found having the significant effects on the degree of ICU nurses’ extroversion personality. Units of service, working status were found having the significant effects on the degree of ICU nurses’ neuroticism personality. 3. Perceived stress in the ICU work were mild to middle degree. The highest score was 4.24, the lowest score was 3.16. ”Fatigue” was the most severe symptoms of personal response, and “defects of healthy system” and “the time is insufficient” were the most severe dimensions of job with concern. There was a positive relationship between dimensions of stress. 4. The predictors of “perceived stress” were neuroticism personality and feedback of job, accounting for 33.1% of variance. The predictors of “personal response” were neuroticism personality and variation of job, accounting for 30.7% of variance. The predictors of “job concern” was neuroticism personality, accounting for 15.9% of variance. The predictors of “competence” were autonomy of job, position-nurse, salary-25,000 to 30,000, and family-living with parents, accounting for 28.8%.