The Moderating Role of Religious Beliefs on the Relationship between Nurses’ Job stress and General Health

Subject Areas : Educational

علی  مهداد ¹ (عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، ایران)
علی  اسدی ² (کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی اصفهان (خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران)
محسن  گل پرور ³ (عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: mental health, Job Stress, nurses, religious beliefs,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this research was to study the moderating effect of the religious beliefs on the relationship between job stress and mental health among nurses in two main hospitals of Nadjafabad. The research method was descriptive correlational and the population of the research included all nurses working in these two hospitals. The sample comprised 182 subjects who were selected via stratified random selection. In this research a set of questionnaires were used namely, Muslim Religious Beliefs (Serajzade, 1998), Health and Safety Executive Job Stress (HSE, 1990) and Mental Health (GHQ, 1979). Results were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Hierarchical Moderated Regression Analysis. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship (P≤0.05) between the dimensions of job stress and mental health (somatic, anxiety and depression symptoms) and also religious beliefs (emotional). Moreover, there was a significant relationship between religious beliefs and anxiety symptoms (P≤0.05). Furthermore, results of hierarchical moderated regression analysis showed that religious beliefs were able to moderate the relationship between demand, co-worker’s support, and social performance deficiency symptoms of mental health.

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