AUTHOR=Liu Wuyi , Sun Lin , Yin Xunbao , Zhao Huan , Zhu Guohui , Lian Bo , Sun Hongwei 

TITLE=Relationship between job stress, thinking style and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in mental health nurses

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.979138

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.979138

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>Mental health nurses are often exposed to stressful events which may lead to feeling of stress in their daily work, and this feeling has a profound impact on nurses' mental health.</p></sec><sec><title>Aim</title><p>This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between job stress, thinking style and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of mental health nurses, and to explore the mechanism of job stress and thinking style on symptoms of PTSD.</p></sec><sec><title>Method</title><p>This cross-sectional study collected related data of 351 mental health nurses in China, and the data was analyzed by PROCESS macro for SPSS.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The results showed that 18.2% of mental health nurses had the symptoms of PTSD. Thinking style (monarchic thinking style, anarchic thinking style and external thinking style) played a moderating role in the predictive effects of job stress on the symptoms of PTSD.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>The research pointed out the relationship between job stress and symptom of PTSD, and clarified the critical role of thinking style among mental health nurses.</p></sec><sec><title>Implications for practice</title><p>It is recommended that organizations should enact effective policy and intervention programs to reduce job stress and PTSD symptoms of mental health nurses which may improve their mental health level.</p></sec>