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http://dx.doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2022.28.2.99

Effects of Nurses' Workplace Violence Experiences on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Resilience and Social Support at Work  

Kang, Chae Eun (Department of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University Hospital)
Eun, Young (College of Nursing․Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research / v.28, no.2, 2022 , pp. 99-111 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to identify the relationship between the experiences of workplace violence and post-traumatic stress disorder and the moderating effect of resilience and social support at work on the relationship in tertiary hospital nurses. Methods: This was a descriptive correlation study to confirm the moderating effect of resilience and social support at work on the factors affecting post-traumatic stress disorder for nurses who have experienced violence. A total of 146 registered nurses were recruited from a tertiary hospital from March to July 2020. The Participants who worked for more than one year and experienced violence at work completed self-reported questionnaires that measured the experiences of workplace violence and post-traumatic stress disorder, resilience, social support at work, and demographic information. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: The nurses experienced verbal abuse an average of 3.70±2.06 times a week, physical threat an average of 2.30±1.71 times a month, and physical assault an average of 0.76±0.82 times a year. The Experiences of workplace violence were significantly increased post-traumatic stress disorder. The result also showed that resilience moderated the relationship between the experience of verbal abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder in hospital nurses. However, there was no significant moderating effect of social support between workplace violence and post-traumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: The experiences of workplace violence influenced post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses and were moderated by resilience. Therefore, hospital administrators need to develop and provide a workplace violence prevention and resilience reinforcement program to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses. In addition, we suggest further research on the effect of social support in a workplace on the experiences of violence.
Keywords
Violence; Nurses; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Social Support; Resilience;
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