Perceived Stress Mediating the Association Between Mindfulness and Resilience Among Registered Nurses.
Shun-Hua Chen, Po-Jen Chen, Chiu-Hsiang Lee, Yu-Ping Wu, Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, Mark D Griffiths, Chung-Ying Lin
Psychology Research and Behavior Management August 7, 2023 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s412918 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 816 |
| Population | Registered nurses in Taiwan |
| Measures | Chinese Perceived Stress Scale-10, Chinese Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Chinese Questionnaire of Resilience |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Taiwan Resilience Coping Healthcare Mediation analysis Cross-sectional survey |
| Key findings | Perceived stress mediated the association between mindfulness and resilience (standardized coefficient 0.251), while the direct association between mindfulness and resilience was not significant (standardized coefficient 0.042). The authors suggest perceived stress may function as both distress and eustress, and that nurses and administrators should focus on different ways of coping with stress to become more resilient. |
Abstract
Purpose: Resilience continues to be an important concept in the nursing profession due to its significant role in personal healthcare, patients' healthcare, and leadership. The present study examined the mediating role of perceived stress in the association between mindfulness and resilience among registered nurses in order to understand their importance among those in the Taiwanese nursing profession.
Materials and Methods: Between October and November 2021, a total of 816 registered nurses participated in a cross-sectional survey including psychometric measures assessing perceived stress (Chinese Perceived Stress Scale-10), mindfulness (Chinese Mindful Attention Awareness Scale), and resilience (Chinese Questionnaire of Resilience).
Results: Results indicated that perceived stress mediated the association between mindfulness and resilience (standardized coefficient = 0.251, p<0.001), although there was no significant association between mindfulness and resilience (standardized coefficient = 0.042, p=0.16). This suggests that perceived stress may function as both distress and eustress because mindfulness was not directly associated with resilience but indirectly via perceived stress.
Conclusion: Nurses and their administrators should focus on different ways of coping with stress so that they become more resilient in facing other stressors. Future studies may be conducted to examine the mediating role of perceived stress in the association between other coping strategies and resilience among registered nurses.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
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