title: The contribution of individual psychological resilience in determining the professional quality of life of Australian nurses.
abstract: Research Topic: The aim of this study was to determine the relative contribution of trait negative affect and individual psychological resilience in explaining the professional quality of life of nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand, seven hundred and forty-three Australian nurses from the public, private, and aged care sectors completed an online Qualtrics survey. The survey collected demographic data as well as measures of depression, anxiety and stress, trait negative affect, resilience, and professional quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant positive relationships were observed between anxiety, depression and stress, trait negative affectivity, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (compassion fatigue). Significant negative relationships were observed between each of the aforementioned variables and resilience and compassion satisfaction (CS). RESULTS of mediated regression analysis indicated that resilience partially mediates the relationship between trait negative affect and CS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RESULTS confirm the importance of both trait negative affect and resilience in explaining positive aspects of professional quality of life. Importantly, resilience was confirmed as a key variable impacting levels of CS and thus a potentially important variable to target in interventions aimed at improving nurse's professional quality of life.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southern Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Desley G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hegney
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Clare S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, The University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia ; Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eley
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osseiran-Moisson
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Francis
keywords: mental health; resilience; self-care; stress and coping; stress management; work/job satisfaction