Emotion Regulation, Subjective Well-Being, and Perceived Stress in Daily Life of Geriatric Nurses

Frontiers in Psychology

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Marko Katana¹  Christina Röcke²  Seth M. Spain³  Mathias Allemand¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Zurich;University Research Priority Program “Dynamics of Healthy Aging, ” University of Zurich;John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

关键词: emotion regulation;    subjective well-being;    perceived stress;    geriatric nurses;    everyday life;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01097

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This daily diary study examined the within-person coupling between four emotion regulation strategies and both subjective well-being and perceived stress in daily life of geriatric nurses. Participants ( N = 89) described how they regulated their emotions in terms of cognitive reappraisal and suppression. They also indicated their subjective well-being and level of perceived stress each day over 3 weeks. At the within-person level, cognitive reappraisal intended to increase positive emotions was positively associated with higher subjective well-being and negatively associated with perceived stress. Suppression of the expression of positive emotions was negatively associated with subjective well-being and positively associated with perceived stress. However, cognitive reappraisal intended to down-regulate negative emotions and suppression as a strategy to inhibit the expression of negative emotions were not associated with daily well-being or perceived stress. Off-days were rated as days with higher subjective well-being and lower perceived stress in contrast to working days. At the between-person level, individuals who reported more daily negative affect reported increased suppression of positive emotions, corroborating the within-person findings. Moreover, findings indicated that nurses with more years of experience in the job reported higher subjective well-being and less perceived stress. These results provide insights into important daily emotional processes of geriatric nurses, both at workdays and in their leisure time.

【 授权许可】

CC BY