The Comparison Of Death Anxiety, Optimism And Sense Of Humor Among Female Nurses

Subject Areas : Medical &Health

Farah  Naderi ¹ (Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.)
سعید  Bakhtiar poor ² (Assistant Professor in Psychology in Islamic Azad University (Ahvaz Branch))
مینا  Shokouhi ³ (General psychology graduated student from Islamic Azad University Of Ahvaz)

Received: 2010-04-24 Accepted : 2010-08-02 Published : 2010-03-21

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Abstract :

In the current established study the comparison of optimism, sense of humor and death anxiety among nurses in different wards of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital was proceeded. Statistical universe included all the female nurses of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital (240 nurses) being in duty for the year 1389 in seven different wards: The General Emergency, Intensive Care Unit, Nephrology(kidney Diseases), Surgery, Psychiatry, Internal Operating Room and pediatrics(Children) wards. The sample encompassed 200 female nurses whom were selected randomly via simple sampling procedure. Collelt-Lester Fear of Death Scale (Cl-FODS), Attribution Styles Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Sense of Humor Scale (Martin and Lefcourt) were responded by the subjects as data source. The research was designed as ex-post facto. Data analysis through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Sheffe post hoc test were implemented. The findings revealed that nurses in hospital various wards differed significantly in terms of death anxiety but no any significant difference was observed with respect to other variables.