Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2022 Aug;31(3):137-145. 10.5807/kjohn.2022.31.3.137.

Influence of Emotional Intelligence, Job Stress, and Social Support on Resilience among Hospital Nurses

Affiliations
  • 1Nurse, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea
  • 2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Kosin University, Busan, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
The aim of this study was to identify the influence of emotional intelligence, job stress, and social support on resilience of hospital nurses. The study will provide the basic material necessary to improve nursing interventions for the development of nurses' resilience.
Methods
The sample of this study comprised 193 nurses working at general hospitals in B City. Data were analyzed through the SPSS 25.0 program using ANOVA, t-test, Scheffé́ ́ test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression.
Results
The factors with the greatest influence on the level of nurses' resilience were emotional intelligence (β=.54, p<.001), social support (β=.23, p<.001), and job stress (β=-.11, p=.39). These factors had an explanatory power of 46.7% for resilience.
Conclusion
To improve nurses’ resilience, the application and development of intervention programs to increase their emotional intelligence is necessary. Moreover, organizational management and policy are needed to reduce nurses' job stress.

Keyword

Nurse; Emotional Intelligence; Job stress; Social support; Resilience
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