A Study on Anger expression and Burnout of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

Park, Hyun Sook; Bae, Young Ju; Joung, Sun Young

doi:2003.12.3.235

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2003;12(3):235-244.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2003.12.3.235 Published online September 30, 2003.

A Study on Anger expression and Burnout of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

Hyun Sook Park¹, Young Ju Bae², Sun Young Joung²

¹Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu
²Graduate Student, Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu

정신간호사의 분노표현양식과 소진에 관한 연구

박 현 숙¹, 배 영 주², 정 선 영²

¹대구가톨릭대학교 의과대한 간호학과 부교수
²대구가톨릭대학교 간호학과 대학원생

Correspondence: Hyun Sook Park, Tel: +82-053-650-4827, Fax: +82-053-621-4286,
Email: parkhs@cu.ac.kr

Abstract

Purpose
This study was to investigate the relation between anger expression and burnout of psychiatric mental health nurses.
Methods
The subjects of this study consisted of 102 psychiatric mental health nurses in D city. Data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from 1, March to 30，April in 2003. The data collected were analyzed using mean, S.D., t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients with SAS.
Results
Anger -in were significant differences in the variables of field of service, marital status, duration of service in psychiatric unit, level of education, and position. Anger-control was a significant difference in the level of education. Burnout was a significant difference in the level of education. Physical exhaustion was a significant difference in age. Emotional exhaustion was a significant difference in marital status. Mental exhaustion was a significant difference in the level of education. There was a significant correlation between anger-control and burnout(r=-.20). There was a significant correlation between anger-in and bumout(r=.19).
Conclusions
The results of this study suggest that there is a need to develope self-management programs considering anger-control to alleviate emotional exhaustion in the psychiatric mental health nurses.

Key Words: Psychiatric mental health nurse; Anger expression; Burnout

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