Relationships among Gratitude, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in Clinical Nurses.

Jun,  Won Hee; Lee,  Eun Seon; Lee,  Kee Lyong

doi:2015.24.2.136

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 24(2); 2015 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2015;24(2):136-144.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2015.24.2.136 Published online June 30, 2015.

Relationships among Gratitude, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in Clinical Nurses.

Won Hee Jun, Eun Seon Lee, Kee Lyong Lee

¹College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
²Department of Nursing, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital affiliated The Catholic University, Uijeongbu, Korea.
³Department of Nursing, Suwon Science College, Hwaseong, Korea. ew10ew@hanmail.net

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate the relations among gratitude, depression, and psychological well-being among clinical nurses. METHODS: The participants were 411 clinical nurses, working in U city. Data were collected during the four months, April to June, 2012. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. RESULTS: The mean scores for gratitude and psychological well-being were above average. The mean score for depression presented a probable depression level. Psychological well-being in clinical nurses was significantly correlated with gratitude (r=.55, p<.001) and depression (r=-.62, p<.001). The significant predictors of psychological well-being for clinical nurses were depression (beta=-.47, p<.001) and gratitude (beta=.34, p<.001), which explained 48.0% of the variance in psychological well-being. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that it is necessary to develop depression reduction and gratitude enhancement programs to improve the psychological well-being of clinical nurses.

Key Words: Gratitude; Depression; Well-being; Nurse