Violence among Mental Health Nurses in Indonesia Related to Working Alliance: A Quantitative Study

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between Working Alliance and its association with Physical, Verbal, Psychological and Sexual Violence among Mental Health Nurses in Indonesian Mental Hospital. This study used a quantitative approach. A total of 120 nurses were selected in the Mental Hospital West Java Indonesia using purposive sampling. About two third of the respondent were female; 80% had an education background of bachelor and diploma. About 80% of the respondent has work experienced of more than 10 years and 60% of the nurses are currently working in acute and chronic room. Most of the nurses experiences low level of violence in all four categories (physical, verbal, Psychological and sexual) which range of 54.2% to 69.2%. Psychological violence recorded the highest percentage of violence (45.5) among all four type of violence. The percentage of Working Alliance is high about 51.1%among Mental Health Nurses. There is a significant relationship between violence and Working Alliance, wherein the higher the exposure to violence, the lower the working alliance.