Volume 28, Issue 2
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2019.1106
Effects of emotional resilience training on nurses' perceived stress, positive and negative emotions and sleep quality
Abstract
Background: Perceived stress, positive and negative emotions and sleep quality are three important aspects that affect the physical and mental health of nurses. They have become a public health issue widely concerned in the society. Psychological resilience training can effectively improve psychological resilience and positive emotions, and reduce negative emotions. Accordingly, emotional resilience training was used in this study to intervene in nurses' perceived stress, positive and negative emotions and sleep quality. Method: From March to December 2018, 122 nurses who volunteered to participate in the study were recruited from three tertiary hospitals in Jingzhou City of Hubei Province in China and randomly divided into two groups for experimentation, with 61 members in the experimental group and 61 in the control group. The Perceived Stress Scale, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale were used for evaluation before and after the test. Results: (1) There is no statistically significant difference in the perceived stress of the control group before and after the intervention, while the perceived stress of the experimental group is significantly lower than that before the intervention (P<0.05). (2) There is no statistically significant difference in the positive and negative emotions of the control group before and after the intervention. In contrast, the positive emotion of the experimental group is improved and the negative emotion level is decreased (P<0.001). (3) There is no statistically significant difference in the sleep quality of the control group before and after the intervention. The sleep quality of the experimental group after the intervention is significantly higher than that before the intervention (P<0.05). Conclusions: Emotional resilience training can help nurses reduce perceived stress and negative emotional experience, improve their positive emotional experience, and enhance their sleep quality. At the same time, there may be internal links among the various mental health problems exhibited in the group of nurses, and further research will be carried out in the future to explore the factors that can affect both the psychological characteristics and physical health of nurses, and find out more appropriate intervention method to improve the efficiency of intervention.
Keywords
Emotional resilience training, nurses, perceived stress, positive and negative emotions