Positive benefits of caring on nurses’ motivation and well-being: A diary study about the role of emotional regulation abilities at work
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludPublisher
ElsevierDate
2015-01-12Citation
10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.002
International Journal of Nursing Studies 52.4 (2015): 804–816
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0020-7489 (print); 1873-491X (online)DOI
10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.002Funded by
This research was supported by a grant FPU from the Spanish Ministry of Education and by a project from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FEM2012-34692)Project
Gobierno de España. FEM2012-34692Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.002Subjects
emotional job demands; emotional regulation; nursing; positive affect; vigour; vitality; PsicologíaRights
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reservedEsta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
Background: Recent research reveals that not all job demands have negative effects on
workers’ well-being and suggests that the negative or positive effects of specific job
demands depend on the occupational sector. Specifically, emotional job demands form the
heart of the work for nurses and for this reason they can be interpreted by nurses as a
challenge that promotes motivation and well-being among these professionals, especially
if personal and job resources become available.
Objectives: The study had two objectives. First, to examine whether daily emotional
demands within a nursing work context have a positive effect on nurses’ daily motivation
at work (vigour) and well-being at home (vitality and positive affect). Second, to explore
whether this positive effect could be enhanced by nurses’ emotional regulation abilities.
Design: This research used a diary design to explore daily experiences and to analyze how
variations in specific job or personal characteristics can affect levels of motivation and
well-being across days.
Participants: Fifty-three nurses working in different Spanish hospitals and primary health
care centres completed a general questionnaire and a diary booklet over 5 consecutive
working days in two different moments, after work and at night (N = 53 participants and
N = 265 observations).
Results: In line with our hypotheses, multi-level analyses revealed that, on the one hand,
day-level emotional demands at work had a positive effect on vigour at work and on
vitality at home. On the other hand, analyses showed that nurses with higher emotional
regulation abilities have more motivation at work and well-being at home when they have
to face high emotional demands at work, showing a spill over effect after work.
Conclusions: These findings support the idea that emotional demands from the nursing
profession can act as challenges which promote motivation and well-being, especially if
internal emotional resources become available.
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Google Scholar:Blanco Donoso, Luis Manuel
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Demerouti, Evangelia
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Garrosa Hernández, Eva
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Moreno Jiménez, Bernardo
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Carmona Cobo, Isabel
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