@article{ref1,
title="Mental health nurses' attitudes and perceived self-efficacy toward inpatient aggression: a cross-sectional study of associations with nurse-related characteristics",
journal="Perspectives in psychiatric care",
year="2014",
author="Verhaeghe, Sofie and Duprez, Veerle and Beeckman, Dimitri and Leys, Joris and van Meijel, Berno and Van Hecke, Ann",
volume="52",
number="1",
pages="12-24",
abstract="PURPOSE: To explore mental health nurses' attitude and self-efficacy to adult inpatient aggression, and to explore the association with nurse-related characteristics. DESIGN AND METHOD: Cross-sectional study in a sample of 219 mental health nurses in nine psychiatric hospitals, with stepwise linear regression analysis to detect predictive models. <br><br>FINDINGS: Female and less experienced nurses were less likely to blame patients for their behavior. Gender, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction accounted for 26.2% of the variability in mental health nurses' self-efficacy toward aggression. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: There needs to be attention to professional quality of life for mental health nurses, to provide them with of self-efficacy and a positive attitude toward coping with aggression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5990",
doi="10.1111/ppc.12097",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12097"
}