Avoidance as a coping strategy for nurses in Thailand.
Multiple regression analyses indicated a significant relationship between the coping, strategy of avoidance job satisfaction, and occupational stress. Although, it was the best predictor of stress compared to problem solving, social support, and relaxation, avoidance did not have an interactive buffering effect on occupational stress for 200 Thai nurses.
Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. tyson@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013785:Thailand