SELF COMPASSION, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND SENSE OF COHERENCE AMONG NURSES WORKING IN PSYCHIATRIC AND EMERGENCY WARDS

Abstract

This study aims to examine the self-compassion, sense of coherence, emotional intelligence, and occupational stress among nurses working in psychiatric and emergency wards. It is hypothesized that there is likely to be a significant relationship between self-compassion, sense of coherence, emotional intelligence, and occupational stress among nurses. It is hypothesized that there is likely to be significant difference between self-compassion, sense of coherence, emotional intelligence, and occupational stress among nurses working in psychiatric and emergency wards. It is hypothesized that self-compassion is a predictor of emotional intelligence among nurses. The sample is comprised of 200 nurses working in psychiatric (n=80) and emergency wards (n=120). Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF; Neff, 2011), Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-SF; Petrides, 2000), Sense of Coherence Short Form (SOC-SF; Antonovsky, 1987), and Subjective Job Stress Scale (SJSC; Motowidlo, 1986) were used to measure self-compassion, emotional intelligence, occupational stress, and sense of coherence. SPSS was used to analyze the data (version 25). Demographics was determined using descriptive analysis. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was performed to investigate the relationships between the variables. Independent sample t-test was used to dissect the difference among nurses working in psychiatric and emergency wards. The results shows that there is significant relationship between self-compassion and emotional intelligence among nurses. Result of independent sample t-test shows that there is significant difference between self compassion, emotional intelligence, occupational stress and sense of coherence among nurses working in psychiatric and emergency wards.