Workplace stressors and coping strategies among Chinese psychiatric nurses

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-231

  Cai, Zhong Xiang ^a   Li, Kun ^a   Zhang, Xun Cheng ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese psychiatric nurses; Coping strategies; Workplace stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52349108560     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2008.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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