Volume 15, Issue 6 (September 2017)
Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2017, 15(6): 478-487 |
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1- MSc student in General Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran (Corresponding Author) , Soheili.a1991@gmail.com
3- PhD Student in Nursing, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran (Corresponding Author) , Soheili.a1991@gmail.com
3- PhD Student in Nursing, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Background & aims: The aggression and interpersonal problems in nurses can adversely influence the quality of care in the health care system, especially in Emergency Departments (EDs) that the nurses’ level of occupational stress is higher than others. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate if the ED nurses' level of aggression and interpersonal problems can be predicted based on their occupational stress.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 134 nurses in EDs of both Rasool Akram university hospital and Hasheminejad university hospital in Tehran, Iran. The participants were selected by complete enumeration. The Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP), occupational stress scale and Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) were used for collecting the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to the data.
Results: It was found that the nurses' occupational stress significantly predicted their aggressive tendencies (R2=.051, F=7.14, p
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