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- Title
Emotions and their cognitive precursors: responses to spontaneously identified stressful events among hospital nurses.
- Authors
Bennett, Paul; Lowe, Rob
- Abstract
This study used Smith and Lazarus's appraisal model to explore nurses' emotional reactions to self-identified distressing work situations. Key situations reported typically involved time or interpersonal pressure, coping with errors at work, difficulties with patients, and managerial conflict. The strongest emotions experienced were anger and frustration. Anxiety and sadness were less endorsed. Most nurses felt able to cope emotionally and problem-solve solutions to the problems they faced. The findings were generally supportive of Smith and Lazarus's theory, with the exception of the emotion of sadness. The implications of the results are discussed.
- Publication
Journal of health psychology, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 4, p537
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105308088526