Citation

Verhaeghe S, Duprez V, Beeckman D, Leys J, van Meijel B, Van Hecke A. Perspect. Psychiatr. Care 2014; 52(1): 12-24.

Affiliation

University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Nursing, Vives University College Leuven, Roeselare, Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/ppc.12097

PMID

25495430

Abstract

PURPOSE: To explore mental health nurses' attitude and self-efficacy to adult inpatient aggression, and to explore the association with nurse-related characteristics. DESIGN AND METHOD: Cross-sectional study in a sample of 219 mental health nurses in nine psychiatric hospitals, with stepwise linear regression analysis to detect predictive models.

FINDINGS: Female and less experienced nurses were less likely to blame patients for their behavior. Gender, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction accounted for 26.2% of the variability in mental health nurses' self-efficacy toward aggression. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: There needs to be attention to professional quality of life for mental health nurses, to provide them with of self-efficacy and a positive attitude toward coping with aggression.

Language: en