Stress management strategies and controlling emotion among Polish nurses and midwives who suffer COVID: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stress management strategies and the ability of nursing staff to control their emotions is an important way to reduce emotional tension in a difficult situation.

Aim

To identify the dominant stress management strategy and emotion control modality in professionally active nurses and midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and methods

A total of 137 nursing personnel from south-eastern Poland were studied. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected with a questionnaire developed by the authors, stress management was assessed with the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), and control of emotions was examined with the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS).

Results

The most common strategy for stress management strategy amo

SUBMITTER: Zych B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462688 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature