title: [Personal resources and nursing work: a research on coping strategies and job satisfaction].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The coping (ability to face a difficult situation), is an essential resource for nurses, because it increases the effective functioning in the working environment, job satisfaction and individual level of wellness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between coping strategies and job satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self report questionnaire was administered to all the nurses working in health services and hospitals of Padua province and to free lance nurses members of the College of Nurses, to collect information on coping strategies and job satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  2264 questionnaires were returned (71%). Active coping strategies are adopted mainly from older nurses while avoiding strategies are prevalent among younger. An association was observed between job satisfaction and active coping strategies, aimed at problem solving: active strategies increase job satisfaction while avoiding strategies descrease it.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individual coping strategies implemented to face difficult situations are associated to job satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Università di Padovo.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Formentin
authors.forename: Lorenza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dallago
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Negrisolo
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing; D055815:Young Adult