The Effectivensis of Education Based on Metacognition on Job Satisfaction and Anger Management of Nurses

Introduction: Although all people are exposed to outbursts of anger and job dissatisfaction, but a group of people are more exposed to the fact that nurses belong to this group due to their type of work and responsibility. This study is conducted to investigate the effect of group metacognition education on job satisfaction and anger management of the nurses of Shiraz university of Medical Science. Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental one with pre-test, post-test and four months follow ups with group control. Statistical population of this study consists of nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Shiraz Medical Science University in 1399. Using convenient method, 40 nurses were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria by multi-stage cluster random sampling method and place randomly on two groups of control and experiment. Each one consists of 20 subjects. The experimental group went under education of 12 sessions of 75-minute sessions twice a week as the control group received education ofter follow-up. The participants were assessed using the Spielberger's anger questionnaire and the Wysocki& Kromm Job Satisfaction questionnaires. SPSS-23 statistical package and univariate analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. Results : The mean scores of anger before education were 163.80­±11.02 and 156.78­±18.43, which changed to 118.95­±8.08 and 154.44­±13.9 ofter education in post-test and to 143.95­±6.55 and 155.89­±8.15 in follow up. The mean scores of Job Satisfaction before education were 79.25±12.20 and 77.05­±16.07, which changed to 90.11­±4.50 and 76.12­±15.63 ofter education in post-test and to 90.70­±11.72 and 76.06­±15.13 in follow up. A comparison between the experimental and control group showed that the mean score of anger and job satisfaction in experimental group of metacognition were significant at (P<0.001) after the intervention. The highest effect size in post-tests were related to anger management (0.72) and then job satisfaction (0.65). Conclusions: The results indicated the education of metacognition for nurses will improve job satisfaction and anger management in them. Keywords: Education of Metacognition, Job Satisfaction, Job Burnout, Anger Management, Nurses