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Factors playing a role in the development of emotional labor behavior of clinical nurses
Author(s) -
Baksi Altun,
Arda Sürücü Hamdiye
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12486
Subject(s) - spirituality , psychology , clinical psychology , significant difference , nursing , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Purpose This study aimed to investigate spirituality, sociodemographic features, and occupational features as predictors of nurses' emotional labor. Design and Methods The study is descriptive cross‐sectional and correlational research. Findings The results demonstrated that there was a statistically significant positive relationship between the nurses' spirituality and the subdimension of intimate behavior ( r = .545) ( P < .05). Regarding the nurses' in‐depth behaviors, the study found that spirituality ( β = .550) and the number of patients that the nurses were responsible for ( β = −.154) were statistically significant predictors ( P < .05). The subdimensions of superficial behavior, spirituality ( β = .498), and rechoosing the profession ( β = −.142) were statistically significant predictors as well ( P < .05). Practice Implications For the development of emotional labor in clinical nurses, administrators should be sensitive to nurses' spiritual values.