Relationship between personality characteristics and stress-load among obstetrics and gynaecologic nurses and midwives: the mediating effect of coping style.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress is one of the factors that damage the mental health of nurses, part of which can likely be offset by individual personality characteristics and coping styles, and the degree of stress is related to some differences in marriage, night shift, department and so on. The purpose of this study is to investigate the situation and influencing factors of stress-load among nurses and midwives in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Methods

From February 2023 to March 2023, a cross-sectional study was carried out involving 540 obstetric and gynaecological nurses and midwives from 21 hospitals in Guangdong Province, using the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory (CBF-PI-B), Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ), and Chinese version of Stress Load Scale (SOS). A bootstrap me

SUBMITTER: Ye Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12613366 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature