Nursing stress: The effects of coping strategies and job satisfaction in a sample of Australian nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 681-688

  Healy, Christine M ^a   McKay, Michael F ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Humour coping; Job satisfaction; Multivariate analysis; Nurses; Recruitment and retention strategies; Stress; Survey method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMOR; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS; WIT AND HUMOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034146762     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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