The Relationship Between Psychological Capital and the Occupational Psychologic Risks of Nurses: The Mediation Role of Compassion Satisfaction

Purpose The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between psychological capital (hope, self‐efficacy, resilience, and optimism) and burnout and compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress among general hospital nurses, and the mediating role of compassion satisfaction in this relatio...

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Published in:Journal of nursing scholarship 2021-01, Vol.53 (1), p.115-125
Main Authors: Yıldırım, Nazmiye, Coşkun, Hamit, Polat, Şehrinaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute services
Bootstrap method
Burnout
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Compassion
compassion fatigue
compassion satisfaction
Fatigue
Health care
hope
Hospitals
Night shifts
Nurses
Nursing
Optimism
Polls & surveys
psychological capital
Quality of life
Regulation
resilience
secondary traumatic stress
self‐efficacy
Sympathy
Work environment
Working conditions
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Summary:Purpose The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between psychological capital (hope, self‐efficacy, resilience, and optimism) and burnout and compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress among general hospital nurses, and the mediating role of compassion satisfaction in this relationship. Design Cross‐sectional survey study. Participants were 697 nurses working in different nursing departments in tertiary university hospitals in a metropolitan city in Turkey. Methods The semistructured interview form, Professional Quality of Life Scale, and Psychological Capital Scale were used to gather data. Descriptive analysis, the Spearman correlation analyzer, hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis, and mediation analyzer with PROCESS and the Sobel test were used to analyze data. Findings There were moderate relationships between psychological capital total score, all subscales, and burnout, and weak negative correlations between these variables and compassion fatigue. For burnout, self‐efficacy and optimism in the first model explained 26% of the variance; when compassion satisfaction was added in the second model, 45% of the total variance was explained. For compassion fatigue, self‐efficacy in the first model explained 5% of the variance; adding compassion satisfaction in the second model, the variance did not change at all. Conclusions The findings of the current study may contribute to enhancing the protection of nurses' well‐being in their general hospital settings by developing knowledge about the resources that are needed to prevent or decrease occupational psychological risks. Increasing psychological capital levels of nurses enhances the quality of care and the sustainability of their working conditions. Clinical Relevance The findings of this study can be used to design interventions to better assist nurses in addressing their psychological health. Because psychological capital is a malleable resource, nursing managers can invest in the development and improvement of nurses' resources.
ISSN:1527-6546
1547-5069
DOI:10.1111/jnu.12607