Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital

Objectives: The study aimed at dentifying the level of emotional divorce and its relationship with psychological stress among married nurses working at the University of Jordan Hospital. Methods: The study adopted the descriptive-relational approach; for its suitability to the nature of the study...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Alkhawaldeh, Yahya Alqatawneh
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), the University of Jordan 2022-12-01
Series:دراسات: العلوم التربوية
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Online Access:https://dsr.ju.edu.jo/djournals/index.php/Edu/article/view/3344
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description Objectives: The study aimed at dentifying the level of emotional divorce and its relationship with psychological stress among married nurses working at the University of Jordan Hospital. Methods: The study adopted the descriptive-relational approach; for its suitability to the nature of the study and its research purposes. The study sample consisted of (64) nurses. Tow Scales of Emotional Divorce, psychological Stress was developed and their psychometric properties were functionally appropriate when they were extracted. Results: The results showed that the level of emotional divorce, and the level of psychological stress for both were moderate. There was a positive correlation between emotional divorce and psychological stress. The results also showed that the level of emotional divorce and psychological stress did not differ based on gender, educational level and work experience. and finally, the results showed that the level of emotional divorce and psychological stress varies based on the duration of the marriage and in favor for category married couples who spent more than 10 years. Conclusions: The study encouraged hospital managements and related authorities on the necessity of directing the attention to the nurse’s psychological aspect because of its impact on their performance, through counseling and training programs, and psychological support groups that help reduce and deal with psychological stress.
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spelling doaj.art-b3bb0c18d4724d7aa87a53e67a21dd9d2023-05-08T11:48:39ZaraDeanship of Scientific Research (DSR), the University of Jordanدراسات: العلوم التربوية1026-37132663-62122022-12-0149410.35516/edu.v49i4.3344Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University HospitalMohammad Alkhawaldeh0Yahya Alqatawneh1Department Counseling and Special Education, School of Educational Sciences, University of Jordan, Jordan Department of Special Education, School of Education Sciences, The World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Jordan. Objectives: The study aimed at dentifying the level of emotional divorce and its relationship with psychological stress among married nurses working at the University of Jordan Hospital. Methods: The study adopted the descriptive-relational approach; for its suitability to the nature of the study and its research purposes. The study sample consisted of (64) nurses. Tow Scales of Emotional Divorce, psychological Stress was developed and their psychometric properties were functionally appropriate when they were extracted. Results: The results showed that the level of emotional divorce, and the level of psychological stress for both were moderate. There was a positive correlation between emotional divorce and psychological stress. The results also showed that the level of emotional divorce and psychological stress did not differ based on gender, educational level and work experience. and finally, the results showed that the level of emotional divorce and psychological stress varies based on the duration of the marriage and in favor for category married couples who spent more than 10 years. Conclusions: The study encouraged hospital managements and related authorities on the necessity of directing the attention to the nurse’s psychological aspect because of its impact on their performance, through counseling and training programs, and psychological support groups that help reduce and deal with psychological stress. https://dsr.ju.edu.jo/djournals/index.php/Edu/article/view/3344Emotional divorcepsychological stressnurses
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psychological stress
nurses
title Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital
title_full Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital
title_fullStr Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital
title_short Emotional Divorce and its Relationship with Psychological Stress among Married Nurses Working at Jordan University Hospital
title_sort emotional divorce and its relationship with psychological stress among married nurses working at jordan university hospital
topic Emotional divorce
psychological stress
nurses
url https://dsr.ju.edu.jo/djournals/index.php/Edu/article/view/3344
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