Type D personality and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among intensive care unit nurses: The mediating effect of resilience.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Type D personality and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and to determine the mediating effect of resilience on this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was performed with 179 ICU nurses from 7 hospitals in Gyeong-Nam province, South Korea. The Type D personality, resilience, and PTSD symptoms of subjects were measured using a self-report questionnaire. The mediating effect was analyzed by a series of hierarchical multiple regressions. A total of 38.6% of the study participants turned out to have Type D personality. The Type D personality was positively correlated with PTSD symptoms, and negatively correlated with resilience. There was a negative correlation between res

SUBMITTER: Cho GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381899 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature