Psychological Capital, Subjective Wellbeing and their Relation with Occupational Stress among Nurses Working at Tanta Mental Health Hospital

Background: Psychiatric mental health nurses are the key members in different setting who encounter unique situations that may bring about high levels of stress. So, building positive psychological states among nurses with confidence to succeed at difficult tasks making a positive attribution about succeeding now and in the future. Aim : the present study aimed to determine nurses’ psychological capital, subjective wellbeing and their relation with perceived occupational stress. Design : A descriptive correlational research design was utilized in this study. Setting : The study carried out at the Tanta Mental Health Hospital Subjects: A convenient sample of 100 nurses who are directly worked with patient. Tools : three tools were used to collect data of this study. Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the subjective Wellbeing Scale and Expanded Nursing stress Scale. Result : The main results revealed that there was a statistically significant negative correlation between psychological capital and subjective wellbeing with expanded nursing stress. Moreover that, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between nurses’ level of subjective wellbeing and their level of psychological capital. Conclusion : this study concluded that, psychological capital act as a mediator that may have an impact on the association between nurses’ psychological well-being and occupational stress. Recommendations : based on the findings this study suggest that psychiatric nurses’ stress can be reduced by implementing various health care programs designed to increase psychological capital and subjective wellbeing