The moderating effect of social support on the stress-satisfaction relationship among Jordanian hospital nurses.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the moderating effect of social support from co-workers and supervisors on the stress-satisfaction relationship among Jordanian hospital nurses.


METHODS
A correlational descriptive survey was used to investigate this effect among a convenience sample of 288 hospital nurses in Jordan.


METHODS
Data were collected using a set of questionnaires that included the Nursing Stress Scale, the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale, the Sargent and Terry Scale, and the demographic form.


RESULTS
Perceived social support from both co-workers and supervisors enhanced the level of perceived job satisfaction. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that 33% of the variation in job satisfaction was explained by the background variables, job stress, social support from co-workers, social support from supervisors, and the interaction between job stress and social support from both co-workers and supervisors.


CONCLUSIONS
The results indicated the importance of the moderating effects of social support from both co-workers and supervisors on nurses' job satisfaction.


CONCLUSIONS
Social support groups in the workplace can be paramount in enhancing the level of nurses' job satisfaction.
College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. raeda71@yahoo.com
Raeda Fawzi
RF
AbuAlRub
Ferdous Hasan
FH
Omari
Ahmed Fawzi
AF
Abu Al Rub
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires