Psychological well-being among the female nursing staff in the general hospital

Authors

  • Mr. Vinayak A. Chauhan Ph.D. Scholar, Psychology Department, Rai University, Saroda, Dholka Taluka. Ahmedabad.
  • Dr. Ashwin Jansari Professor, Psychology Department, Rai University, Saroda, Dholka Taluka. Ahmedabad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/%2010.25215/0801.122

Keywords:

Psychological Well-being, full time and contractual nursing staff, day and night shift

Abstract

The present study aimed to know the psychological well-being among the female nurses working in the hospital. It also aimed to check psychological well-being with reference to type of education and shift. The Psychological Well-being Scale by Dr. Devendra Singh Sisodia and Ms. Pooja Choudhary (2012) was used. The sample constituted total 120 nurses out of which 60 were from full time female nursing staff (30 day shift and 30 night shift) and 60 from contractual female nursing staff (30 day shift and 30 night shift). The data was collected from Ahmedabad District. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) There is significant difference in the mean score of psychological well-being among the full time and contractual female nursing staff. The full-time female nursing staff group is having more psychological well-being than contractual female nursing staff group, (2) There is significant difference in the mean score of psychological well-being among the female nursing staff of day and night shift. The female nursing staff of day shift group is having high psychological well-being than female nursing staff of night shift group & (3) There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of psychological well-being with regards to the type of education and shift.

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Published

2022-11-05

How to Cite

Mr. Vinayak A. Chauhan, & Dr. Ashwin Jansari. (2022). Psychological well-being among the female nursing staff in the general hospital. International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy, 8(1). https://doi.org/ 10.25215/0801.122