Perceived stress, optimism-pessimism, psychological adjustment, and death distress of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

CONCLUSION: a low level of pessimism is effective in strengthening nurses' psychological adjustment skills againt perceived stress and death distress. Nurses should consider behavioral strategies to help reduce the level of pessimism during periods such as pandemics.BACKGROUND: (1) High levels of perceived stress increased higher score of psychological adjustment. (2) Pessimism mediates the association of stress with adjustment and death distress. (3) Optimism only mediates the effect of stress on psychological adjustment among nurses.PMID:38695430 | DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.7068.4173
Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research