Job-Related Stress among Psychiatric Nurses and its Relation to Resilience and Self-efficacy

Abd Rabo, Fatma Mahdy; Eita, Lamiaa Hassanin; Alam, Faten Hassan; Radwan, Hanaa A.

doi:10.21608/menj.2025.461472

Job-Related Stress among Psychiatric Nurses and its Relation to Resilience and Self-efficacy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Clinical Instructor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,

² Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt.

³ Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt.

⁴ Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

10.21608/menj.2025.461472

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Psychiatric nurses are at a high risk of being subjected to job related stress as they work in a demanding environment and have direct interaction with psychiatric patients. Such stress brings them various physical, mental and behavioral problems. Resilience and self-efficacy are variables that share common elements that affect psychiatric nurses' ability to withstand in the face of difficulty. Purpose of the study: to investigate job-related stress among psychiatric nurses and its relation to resilience and self-efficacy. Method: A descriptive correlational design was utilized. The study was conducted at Shebin El-kom psychiatric hospital (Meet khalaf psychiatric hospital) and psychiatric department at the menoufia university hospital at Shebin El-Kom city. A convenient sample of (162) psychiatric nurses was included. Three instruments were used: psychiatric nurses job stress Scale (PNJSS), the modified connor-davidson resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and General Self-Efficacy (GSE) scale. Results: two thirds of psychiatric nurses had moderate levels of job stress followed by more than one third of them had mild job stress level (30.9%), and the lowest percentage was observed in high stress level and no job stress level (1.9%, 1.2% respectively). More than two-thirds of studied psychiatric nurses had low resilience, while less than one-quarter of them had moderate resilience. Nearly half of the studied psychiatric nurses psychiatric nurses had moderate level of self-efficacy followed by more than one third (40.7%) of them had low level of self-efficacy, while (10.5%) of them had high self-efficacy Conclusion: There was a statistically significant negative relationship between resilience, self-efficacy, and job-related stress. Also, there was a statistically significant positive relationship between resilience and self-efficacy among the psychiatric nurses under study. Recommendations: establish a psych educational program for psychiatric nurses to teach them how to deal with their job stressors.

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