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The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test
Published on: November 19, 2015
Functional Social Support and Perceived Stress of Nurses Working in Secular and Religious Hospitals
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Abstract:
Nurses experience high levels of stress. In this study, functional social support and perceived stress of nurses working in secular and religious hospitals were examined. The social support model, the job demands-resources theory, and the transactional model of stress guided this study. The population that was examined was comprised of a convenience and snowballing sample of 84 registered nurses from across the United States. The data collected using the Expanded Nursing Stress Scale, the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behavior survey, and a demographic questionnaire were statistically analyzed using Pearson's correlation and Fisher's Test. Results showed no significant relationship between support and nurses' stress in secular hospitals and no significant relationship between the same variables for nurses' in religious hospitals. Findings also revealed that there was no significant difference in the compared correlations for nurses' support and stress between the two groups. The outcomes will inform healthcare professionals about the association between nurses' support and stress in hospitals with unique missions.
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