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Emotional Exhaustion and State Anger in Nurses Who Worked During the Sars Outbreak: The Role of Perceived Threat and Organizational Support

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
2 January 2007

Abstract

The present study tests a psychosocial model of factors predicting emotional exhaustion and state anger in 333 nurses who worked during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Predictors included working conditions, feedback, risk of contracting SARS, and perceived organizational support. Results of path analysis revealed that working conditions contributed significantly to an increase in perceived SARS threat, which led to increased emotional exhaustion and state anger. Positive feedback was directly and positively related to organizational support. Higher levels of organizational support predicted lower perceived SARS threat, emotional exhaustion, and state anger. Implications for health-care providers are discussed.

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La présente étude examine un modèle psychosocial des facteurs prédisant l'épuisement émotionel et l'état colérique chez 333 infirmiers et infirmières ayant travaillé pendant la crise du syndrome respiratoire aigüe sévère (SRAS). Les prédicteurs inclurent les conditions de travail, la rétroaction, le risque de contracter le SRAS, ainsi que la perception de l'appui de l'organisation. Les résultats d'une analyse de dépendance ont révélé que les conditions de travail ont contribué de manière significative à une augmentation de la menace perçue de SRAS, qui, à son tour, mena à une augmentation de l'épuisement émotionel et de l'état colérique. La rétroaction positive était directement et positivement liée à la perception de l'appui de l'organisation. Des niveaux élevés de cet appui prédisaient des niveaux inférieurs de la menace perçue de SRAS, de l'épuisement émotionel et de l'état colérique. Les implications pour les professionels et professionelles de la santé sont discutés.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 25Number 2September 2006
Pages: 89 - 103

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Lisa Fiksenbaum
York University, Toronto
Zdravko Marjanovic
York University, Toronto
Esther R. Greenglass
York University, Toronto
Sue Coffey
York University, Toronto

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