Relations Among Social Support, Burnout, and Experiences of Anger: An Investigation Among Emergency Nurses
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Nursing Forum
- Vol. 44 (3), 165-174
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6198.2009.00139.x
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine whether social support, burnout, and anger expression are related with each other among emergency nurses working in private- or public-sector hospitals.The sample consisted of 100 emergency nurses working in the private or public sector in Ankara, Turkey. The Maslach Burnout Inventory, The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and The Trait-Anger and Anger Expression Scale were used.The results demonstrated that social support did not differentiate among the nurses working in the private sector or in the public sector according to the burnout subscales' scores. However, nurses in the private sector find it more difficult to express their anger. The state-trait anger levels of the nurses differ according to the burnout levels and also according to the sector that they are working in. The congruence between this study's findings and the literature is discussed.Keywords
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