The relationship between emotional labor, job stress and job satisfaction in midwifery

Abstract

Context: Midwives provide intensive emotional labor for women and their families during periods of emotional changes, such as pregnancy and childbirth.Aims: The relationship between midwives’ job stress, job satisfaction, and emotional labor was investigated.Setting and Design: This cross‑sectional study included 198 midwives from public hospital in Turkey in 2019Material and Methods: In this study, 198 participants were selected through simple random sampling. The data collection tools used were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Emotional Labor Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale.Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive data are presented as mean, standard deviation, number, and percentage. In the statistical analysis of the data, an independent sample t‑test, multiple regression analysis, and Pearson correlation analysis were used.Results: In the multiple regression analysis, there was a significantly negative correlation (β