The relationship of general health, hardiness and spiritual intelligence relationship in Iranian nurses.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Nursing is one of the stressful jobs that affect nurse's well-being. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between spiritual intelligence, hardiness and well-being among Iranian nurses. METHODS: Samples of this cross- sectional study selected by Randomized stratified sampling, 125 nurses who have been working in different wards of Bushehr university hospitals. Data were collected using spiritual intelligence, hardiness, well-being and demographic characteristics questionnaires. Correlation, t-test, ANOVA, Tukey and regression analysis were applied. RESULTS: The results revealed a significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and hardiness, spiritual intelligence and well-being, Hardiness and well-being. It also showed that among the demographic characteristics (age, gender, working ward, marital status, job experiences, and education) working ward significantly correlated with spiritual intelligence. CONCLUSION: Improvement of spiritual intelligence and reinforcement of hardiness could help increase the well-being of nurses.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Institution: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2161190117