Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Nurs Forum. 2022 Nov;57(6):1258-1266. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12787. Epub 2022 Aug 16.
This study aims to verify the association between nurses' perception of the meaningfulness of their work and their pleasure in working, and whether this relationship may change based on the level of deep acting performed to cope with emotional regulation demands and the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare work.
Nurses from both private and public Italian institutions (N = 239) completed an online questionnaire between June 2021 and January 2022. A moderated moderation model was tested through SPSS Process macro. The design is cross-sectional.
The results show that the perception of meaningfulness of work is positively associated with pleasure in working, especially in conditions of high deep acting. This relationship is further moderated by the COVID-19 influence so that the association between meaningful work and pleasure in working is stronger in conditions of high COVID-19 influence and at higher levels of deep acting performed.
Perceiving one's work as meaningful can be a job resource that protects nurses from the negative effects of emotional regulation demands and even from the stress of dealing with COVID-19.
The study addresses the problem of nurses' emotional regulation demands at work and evaluates the protective role of meaningful work. The findings could be useful for planning prevention interventions (through training in adaptive emotional regulation strategies) or protection interventions (through the promotion of effective coping strategies and the stimulation of one's work engagement).
本研究旨在验证护士对工作意义的感知与其工作满意度之间的关系，以及这种关系是否会因应对情绪调节需求的深度表现水平以及 COVID-19 大流行对医疗保健工作的影响而发生变化。
来自意大利私立和公立医院的护士（N=239）于 2021 年 6 月至 2022 年 1 月期间在线完成了一份问卷。通过 SPSS Process 宏测试了一个调节调节模型。该设计是横断面的。
结果表明，工作意义的感知与工作满意度呈正相关，尤其是在深度表现较高的情况下。这种关系进一步受到 COVID-19 影响的调节，因此，在 COVID-19 影响较高和深度表现较高的情况下，有意义的工作与工作满意度之间的关联更强。
感知工作有意义可以成为保护护士免受情绪调节需求负面影响甚至应对 COVID-19 压力的工作资源。
该研究解决了护士工作中的情绪调节需求问题，并评估了有意义工作的保护作用。这些发现对于规划预防干预措施（通过适应性情绪调节策略的培训）或保护干预措施（通过促进有效的应对策略和激发工作投入）可能是有用的。
