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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.11.395

Impact of Empathy Ability and Gratitude Disposition on Job Satisfaction in Psychiatric Nurses  

Chong, Hyon Sun (Jeonbuk Maeumsarang Hospital)
Ko, Sung Hee (College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Ji Young (College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.11, 2017 , pp. 395-405 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was designed to examine the degree of empathic ability, gratitude disposition, and job satisfaction, and identify that the impact on job satisfaction of psychiatric nurses. Participants were 196 psychiatric nurses from 8 psychiatric hospitals in Korea. Data were collected from October 8 to 20, 2016 and were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression with the SPSS WIN 22.0 program. The mean score of job satisfaction was $3.3{\pm}0.34$, empathic ability was $3.5{\pm}0.28$, and gratitude disposition was $4.0{\pm}0.59$. The psychiatric nurses' empathic ability and gratitude disposition affected their job satisfaction, accounting for 18.5% of the total variance. Empathic ability influenced job satisfaction significantly (B=0.52, p<.001) for 17.0% of the variance. This study suggested that the development of training programs for improving job satisfaction needs to consider their empathic ability and gratitude disposition of psychiatric nurses.
Keywords
Psychiatric Nurses; Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing; Empathic Ability; Gratitude Disposition; Job Satisfaction;
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