Subjective well-being of psychiatric nurses and its correlations with personality and coping style

Abstract

Objective To explore the subjective well-being (SWB) of psychiatric nurses and its correlations with personality and coping style, and to make a suggestion on management of psychiatric nurses.Methods 194 psychiatric nurses were surveyed with Index of Well-being (IWB), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale for Chinese (EPQ-RSC),and the correlations among subjective well-being, personality and coping style were analyzed. Results The total score of subjective well-being of 90.3% psychiatric nurses was (9.13±2.51), which was a medium level and lower than prison police, teachers and students in high school or colleges. In comparison to the norm of Chinese population, psychiatric nurses scored higher in Subscale E and N, lower in Subscale P, otherwise they chose more positive coping styles and less negative ones. Bivariate correlation indicated the subjective well-being of psychiatric nurses had negative correlations with psychoticism, neuroticism and negative coping style (P＜0.05). Conclusions The subjective well-being of psychiatric nurses is relatively low, and it is relevant to psychoticism, neuroticism and negative coping style. So more psychological service should be provided for psychiatric nurses to enhance their well-being. Key words: Subjective well-being; Psychiatric nurses; Personality; Coping style