[Hardy personality, self-efficacy, and general health in nursing professionals of intensive and emergency services].
In this study, the predictive power of hardy personality and generalized self-efficacy on general health perception was investigated in a sample of nursing personnel working in emergency and intensive care services. A cross-sectional retrospective design was used, and the following measurement instruments were applied: a sociodemographic and work questionnaire, Goldberg's GHQ-28 Health Questionnaire, the Baessler and Schwarzer General Self-efficacy Questionnaire, and the Hardy Personality Subscale of Moreno's Nursing Burnout Questionnaire (CDPE). The results revealed a positive and statistically significant relationship between the individual variables of generalized self-efficacy and hardy personality. A canonical correlation analysis carried out on the psychological distress symptoms with self-efficacy and hardy personality as predictor variables, led us to emphasize the relevance of the construct total hardy personality as a predictor and, consequently, as a protective factor against the onset of psychological distress symptoms in the sample of professionals studied. Lastly, the implications of the results for clinical practice are discussed.
Hospital Morales Meseguer, Servicio de Urgencias, and Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. maribelrios7@yahoo.es
María Isabel
MI
Ríos Rísquez
Julio
J
Sánchez Meca
Carmen
C
Godoy Fernández
D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003422:Critical Care; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult