Effects of Ego-resilience and Work Environment on Job Satisfaction in Psychiatric Nurses

Ya Ki Yang

doi:10.12934/jkpmhn.2015.24.4.226

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Yang: Effects of Ego-resilience and Work Environment on Job Satisfaction in Psychiatric Nurses

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2015; 24(4): 226-235.

Published online: 31 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2015.24.4.226

Effects of Ego-resilience and Work Environment on Job Satisfaction in Psychiatric Nurses

Ya Ki Yang

Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yang, Ya Ki. Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan 570-749, Korea. Tel: +82-63-850-6019, Fax: +82-63-850-6060, ykyang@wku.ac.kr

Received 22 August 2015 Revised 19 December 2015 Accepted 20 December 2015

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Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of ego-resilience and work environment on job satisfaction in psychiatric nurses.

Methods

The participants were 170 nurses from M, W, and S mental hospitals in J province. Data were collected from March 1 to April 30, 2015, and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 21.0.

Results

The mean score for ego-resilience was 36.7±4.25, for work environment, 30.9±3.57, and for job satisfaction, 56.86±6.88. Ego-resilience showed positive correlations with work environment (r=.195, p=.011) and job satisfaction (r=.252, p=.001). Work environment showed a positive correlation with job satisfaction (r=.513, p<.001). Significant factors that influenced job satisfaction were ego-resilience, work environment, marital status, religion and type of duty. These variables explained 33.4% of job satisfaction.

Conclusion

These findings indicate that an ego-resilience and work environment enhancement programs should be developed to increase job satisfaction in psychiatric nurses. There is also a need for further studies to examine effects of developed programs.

Keywords: Ego-resilience, Job satisfaction, Nurse, Environment

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Characteristics of Participants (N=170)

Table 2

Level of Ego-resilience, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction (N=170)

Table 3

Difference of Ego-resilience, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction by General Characteristics (N=170)

Table 4

Correlation among Ego-resilience, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction (N=170)

Table 5

Affected Factors of Job Satisfaction (N=168)

^*Dummy variable; Variables included in stepwise method: ego-resilience, work environment, martial status, religion, type of duty.

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