[Personal resources relevant to psychological well-being in nursing].
OBJECTIVE
To determine differences in social support, resilience, coping, and psychological well-being (PWB) among intensive care nursing and nursing staff of other hospital services, as well as to establish a structural model in these professionals where relevant personal resources to PWB were included.


METHODS
Correlational and cross-sectional study. A sample of 208 nursing professionals from University Hospital of Fuenlabrada (Madrid) took part in the study. This sample consisted of nurses (n=133), nursing assistants (n=61), and midwives (n=14), of whom 44 worked in intensive care unit, 50 in other special units, and 114 in wards.


METHODS
Social Support Subscale, 10-Item CD-RISC (resilience), Brief-Cope (coping), Scales of PWB, and sociodemographic variables.


RESULTS
No differences were found in any assessed psychological variables as regards hospital service worked in. A structural model was found and showed that social support, resilience, and coping determined PWB of nursing professionals. The most important personal resource was coping strategies, which determined PWB directly (β=0.68). Social support influenced PWB directly (β=0.33), and indirectly (β=0.32), whereas resilience influenced it indirectly (β=0.57).


CONCLUSIONS
Differences in PWB, coping, social support and resilience are not determined by hospital service. Coping strategies focused on engagement (or adaptive), social support, and resilience, constitute three relevant personal resources that determine the PWB of nursing staff, which can be developed and improved by specific programs. The most important PWB dimensions are self-acceptance and environment mastery.
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, España. Electronic address: oscar.arrogante@salud.madrid.org.
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Departamento de Psicología de la Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) , Madrid, España.
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Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, España.
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Aparicio-Zaldívar
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012944:Social Support
Adaptación psicológica; Apoyo social; Enfermería; Estrés psicológico; Felicidad; Happiness; Nursing; Psychological adaptation; Psychological resilience; Psychological stress; Resiliencia psicológica; Social support