Citation

Dias MGPF, de Vargas D. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2018; 39(8): 687-692.

Affiliation

São Paulo University , Department of Maternal-Child and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01612840.2017.1422198

PMID

29436881

Abstract

This study examines nurses' attitudes towards violent behaviour and the management of aggressiveness. A convenience sample of 185 nurses working in psychiatric urgent care and emergency services in Brazil responded to the MAVAS-BR. The results show that nurses' attitudes are more reflective of the external and situational models of violent behaviour and the use of control methods to manage aggressiveness. The mapping of this phenomenon using the same tools in a different context from those traditionally studied while observing similar results suggests a pattern of attitudes towards violent behaviour and the management of aggressiveness among nurses around the world.

Language: en