The moderating effect of employee hostility on the association of long-term elderly care unit's negative resident characteristics to employee stress and well-being

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Tarja HeponiemiTimo Sinervo

Abstract

This study examined the moderating effect of employee hostility on the association of unit-level resident characteristics (depression and behavioral problems) to individual-level employee's resident-related stress and psychological well-being during 1-year follow-up study among 501 employees in elderly care. Our results showed that employee hostility was associated with decreased psychological well-being. In addition, hostility moderated the association between unit-level proportion of depressive residents and resident-related stress experienced by the individual employees. Hostile employees reported increased resident-related stress irrespective of the proportion of depressed residents in the unit. Instead, nonhostile employees were sensitive to the depression in the unit. They reported low levels of stress when depression levels in the unit were low and increased stress when depression levels were high.

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Sep 26, 2007·Research in Nursing & Health·Tarja HeponiemiTimo Sinervo
Jun 19, 2015·Sensors·Jonathan SynnottPaul Jeffers

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