Abstract
(1) Owing to their resistance resources, nurses can reduce the effects of stress, increase their commitment to work and improve their functioning in the face of challenges in the workplace. The aim of this study was to determine the mediatory role of a general sense of coherence and a sense of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness correlated with global self-esteem and the perceived stress intensity in a group of Polish nurses aged 45–55 years. (2) The research using the diagnostic survey method was conducted on a group of 176 nurses (M = 49.1; SD = 3.1) working in seven hospitals located in Olsztyn (Poland). The following were used for data collection: Perceived Stress Scale - PSS-10, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale and Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence (SOC-29) Questionnaire. (3) According to 21.02% of the nurses, their stress level at the workplace was low, 44.89% reported it was medium and 34.09% reported it was high. The self-esteem of nearly half of the nurses included in the study (48.30%) was at a medium level, 31.82% felt it was high and 19.89% felt it was low. The mediation analysis showed that a general sense of coherence and a sense of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness have a mediator status in a correlation between global self-esteem and stress intensity. However, their mediatory role is partial. It is desirable for safe work environment promotion programmes to reinforce nurses’ personal resources, which can be helpful in coping with stressors.
Highlights
44.89% reported it was medium and 34.09% reported it was high
There are theoretical reasons and empirical evidence that an important role in the process of coping with adversities is played by one’s personal resources, i.e., a set of relatively stable personal traits, cognitive factors and convictions, which affect the threat assessment and the coping processes [4]. One of such resources is self-esteem, referred to as a sense of selfworth, which remains in a close relationship with the ability to predict the range of one’s capabilities [5,6,7]. This is extremely important to nurses when they take actions, especially in new, unknown situations that are difficult to manage, because a nurse who starts a new activity should take into consideration her own capabilities
A study using the diagnostic survey method was conducted among a group of 176 nurses working between June 2013 and January 2015 in seven hospitals located in Olsztyn, in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship (Poland)
Summary
44.89% reported it was medium and 34.09% reported it was high. The self-esteem of nearly half of the nurses included in the study (48.30%) was at a medium level, 31.82% felt it was high and 19.89%. The mediation analysis showed that a general sense of coherence and a sense of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness have a mediator status in a correlation between global self-esteem and stress intensity There are theoretical reasons and empirical evidence that an important role in the process of coping with adversities is played by one’s personal resources, i.e., a set of relatively stable personal traits, cognitive factors and convictions, which affect the threat assessment and the coping processes [4] One of such resources is self-esteem, referred to as a sense of selfworth, which remains in a close relationship with the ability to predict the range of one’s capabilities [5,6,7]. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations
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