Do nurses' personality traits affect the level of compassion fatigue?
Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz1, Ebru Gökoğlan2
1Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir, Bandırma, Turkey.
Aims:
To determine whether nurses' personality traits impact their levels of compassion fatigue.
Backgrounds:
Compassion fatigue has become one of nursing literature's most discussed and investigated topics. Although some nurses working in the same environment and under similar conditions are more resistant to compassion fatigue, some are at risk of it.
Methods:
This descriptive study was conducted with 451 nurses selected using a simple random sampling method in Turkey. Data were collected using web-based online survey forms between February and April 2022. A questionnaire form regarding personal traits and professional characteristics, the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale, and Basic Personality Traits Inventory were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis.
Results:
The nurses' compassion fatigue was moderate, and personality traits were found to be agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion, respectively. There was a negative correlation between compassion fatigue and personality traits of extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience, yet a positive correlation with neuroticism and negative valence. According to the regression analysis, nurses' personality traits were effective on compassion fatigue by 21.9%. The personality trait of extraversion had a negative impact on compassion fatigue, and neuroticism had a positive impact.
Conclusion:
This study identified a correlation between nurses' personality traits and compassion fatigue, suggesting that certain personality traits can be predictive factors of compassion fatigue. The limited number of studies discussing personality traits and compassion fatigue together increases the importance of the current study, which may shed light on future studies to be conducted on similar topics.
Implications For Nursing And Other Policies:
This study has important implications for nurse managers. Nurse managers can predict whether they may experience compassion fatigue based on their personality traits.
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