title: [Hardiness, coping and quality of life of nurses working in intensive care units].
abstract: The goals of the study are two-folds: on the one hand, to examine the relations between hardiness, coping strategies and quality of life at work of french nurses working in the intensive care units; on the other hand, to examine the mediating effect of coping strategies between hardiness and quality of life at work. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire, anonymously filled by 137 nurses which represented 60% participation from the initial sample population. Maddi & Kobasa's theory (1984) of Hardiness is the foundation for the present study and Baron & Kenny's statistical model (1986) was used to determine the mediating effect of the coping strategies. Regression analysis demonstrated that positive reevaluation/problem solving strategies had a mediating effect between a sense of commitment, a sense of mastery and quality of life at work. These results prompted various propositions in order to improve nurses quality of life at work.
authors.affiliation: Faculté des Sciences Infirmières Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duquette
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D011340:Problem Solving; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis