Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Training on Aggression and Job Satisfaction on Nurses Working in Psychiatric Hospital

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AuthorMaliheh Farahanien
AuthorSaeed Ebadie Zareen
Issued Date2018-02-28en
AbstractObjectives: Nursing is one of the most stressful jobs. High aggression levels, low job satisfaction and early desertion are counted its problems. Present study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral anger - management training on psychiatric hospital nurses. Methods: It was a semi - experimental study, with pretest - posttest and control group design. The population of study included nurses working in a psychiatric hospital in Tehran and sample group was 44 nurses selected by convenience sampling method. Data collected by Ahvaz aggression inventory (AAI) and job satisfaction questionnaire (JSQ). After pretest the experimental group participated in 4 weekly sessions during a month. Then posttests were accomplished. Obtained data were analyzed by covariance analysis method and SPSS - 20 software. Results: The present study showed significant effectiveness of anger - management training on aggression (F = 26.750, P ≤ 0.001) and job satisfaction (F = 6.071, P < 0.05). Conclusions: According to findings, anger - management training should be applied in psychiatric hospitals as stressful occupational environments to reduce aggression and improve job satisfaction of nurses.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/zjrms.55348en
KeywordAggressionen
KeywordJob Satisfactionen
KeywordAnger - Managementen
KeywordNursesen
KeywordPsychiatryen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleEffectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Training on Aggression and Job Satisfaction on Nurses Working in Psychiatric Hospitalen
TypeResearch Articleen

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