The Impact of Mindful Self-Compassion on Aspects of Professional Quality of Life among Nurses

Darvehi, Fatemeh; Zoghi Paidar, Mohamadreza; Yarmohammadi Vasel, Mosayeb; Imani, Behzad

doi:10.22054/jcps.2019.33577.1895

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

² Department of Operating room, Faculty of Paramedicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jcps.2019.33577.1895

Abstract

Paying attention to the nurse’s affects at hospitals can cause development in well-being in addition to enhancement of patient-nurse relationship. It also increase the job performance. Current study aimed to explore the effect of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training on aspects of professional quality of life in nursing students. A quasi-experimental research method was adopted using a pretest-posttest with control group design. Research participants included 46 nursing student in medical science university of Hamedan. After contribution of professional quality of life questionnaires (Stamm,2010) among 150 people, 46 people who got medium or less score in professional quality of life questionnaire and were tendency to attend 8 session training class, placed in experiment and control group randomly. Experiment group was trained MSC in 8 sessions and each session was 1.5 hour. After that post-test was contributed in both groups. At last Analyze of Covariance was used for data analysis of 38 people because sample group had a decrease. Results showed that MSC training had significant effect on decrease of secondary traumatic stress (F=22/76, p<0/001) and burnout (F=11/70, P<0/002), and also on increase of compassion satisfaction (F=30.35, P<0.001). According to results of current study, MSC training can be used for decrease of secondary traumatic stress and burnout and increase of compassion satisfaction in nursing students.

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Clinical Psychology Studies

The Impact of Mindful Self-Compassion on Aspects of Professional Quality of Life among Nurses

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Volume 10, Issue 34
March 2019
Pages 89-108

The Impact of Mindful Self-Compassion on Aspects of Professional Quality of Life among Nurses

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Volume 10, Issue 34March 2019Pages 89-108

Volume 10, Issue 34
March 2019
Pages 89-108