The moderating effect of social support on the stress-satisfaction relationship among Jordanian hospital nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 870-878

  Abualrub, Raeda Fawzi ^a   Omari, Ferdous Hasan ^a   Abu Al Rub, Ahmed Fawzi ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Princess Badea Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Job stress; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349479553     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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