Emotional Intelligence and Job Stress of Clinical Nurses in Local Public Hospitals.
10.11111/jkana.2010.16.4.466
- Author:
Sook LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Korea. sooklee@dku.edu
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Emotional Intelligence;
Psychological Stress;
Anger;
Emotional Labor
- MeSH:
Anger;
Depression;
Emotional Intelligence;
Hospitals, Public;
Humans;
Jurisprudence;
Marital Status;
Salaries and Fringe Benefits;
Singing;
Single Person;
Stress, Psychological
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2010;16(4):466-474
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job stress of clinical nurses in small to medium-sized hospitals. METHODS: Data were collected from a convenience sample of 152 nurses working in 4 local public hospitals in one district. EI was measured with the scale developed by Law, Wong, & Song (2004), and job stress with the scale by Choi, Kang, & Woo (2006). Data were analyzed with PASW (SPSS) 18.0, using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe' test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression. RESULTS: There were significant differences in EI according to work time, in self-emotional appraisal according to salary, in regulation of emotion according to marital status, age, work time, and salary. There were also significant differences in job stress including somatization, depression and anger according to marital status, work time, and salary. Correlation between EI and job stress was negative. EI explained 17.3% of variance in job stress. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that to decrease job stress, nursing managers need to develop EI, especially self-emotional appraisal and regulation of emotion for nurses in their twenties and for unmarried nurses.
