The Relationship of General Health, Hardiness and Spiritual Intelligence Relationship in Iranian Nurses

نویسندگان

  • Fatemeh Akbarizadeh
  • Faezeh Jahanpour
  • Abdollah Hajivandi
چکیده

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.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013