Relationship between job stress, temperament and depressive symptoms in female nurses

• Authors: Yoko Kikuchi , Makoto Nakaya , Miki Ikeda , Shoko Okuzumi , Mihoko Takeda , Miyoko Nishi

Abstracts

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Objectives: A casual relationship between temperament, job stress and depressive symptoms has not been established yet. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between job stress, temperament and depressive symptoms in female nurses at a Japanese general hospital. Material and Methods: A self-report survey was conducted among 706 nurses. We measured job stress, temperament, and depressive symptoms using the Brief-Job Stress Questionnaire, the TEMPS-A and a screening scale of items from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. In order to examine the causal relationship between the measures the stepwise multiple regression and path analyses were used. Results: Depressive symptoms were modestly correlated with job stress (γ = -0.23-0.30). Except for hyperthymic temperament measures, the correlations between depressive symptoms and temperament types were significant and moderate (γ = 0.36-0.50). Overtime, job control as well as depressive and cyclothymic types of temperament were significantly correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.15, p < 0.05; β = 0.19, p < 0.01; β = 0.26, p < 0.001; β = 0.32, p < 0.001, respectively). Path-analysis revealed that depressive and cyclothymic types of temperament influenced depressive symptoms both directly (β = 0.67, p < 0.001) and indirectly via job stress (β = 0.35, p < 0.001 from temperament to job stress; β = 0.20, p < 0.05 from job stress to depressive symptoms). Irritable and anxious types of temperament and quantitative job overload did not contribute to the path-analytic model. Conclusions: Health care professionals should consider temperament, especially depressive and cyclothymic types, in order to help employees cope better with job stress factors. We need further research about the effective intervention to help employees better cope with their job stress.

Keywords

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bipolar disorder; depression; anxiety; stress; mood disorder; health services

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 426-434

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

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Yoko Kikuchi

• Department of Psychiatry, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Makoto Nakaya

• Department of Psychiatry, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
• Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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Miki Ikeda

• Department of Psychiatry, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Shoko Okuzumi

• Department of Psychiatry, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Mihoko Takeda

• Department of Psychiatry, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Miyoko Nishi

• Department of Nurse, Musahino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-014-0270-z

Biblioteka Nauki

2178851