An Investigation of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Psychiatric Nurses　― Focussed on Stress-Coping and a Character Tendency

The relation between stress, stress coping behavior and job satisfaction was investigated for psychiatric nurses who work in the northern part of Kyushu and the Chugoku district of Japan. As a result, the people with high job satisfaction had a tendency for the stress coping ability to be high, the daily stress of the people with low job satisfaction was high, and a relation with the character which is the individual characteristic was also seen. In the relation between stress management factor and job satisfaction, those who can have change of action by a hobby, amusement, etc., those with a strong tolerance to stress and the people with social support showed a tendency for job satisfaction to be high. The people especially with a high degree of satisfaction with their professional status showed the tendency for the stress management factor to be high. On the contrary, the people with a high stressor of daily hassles showed the tendency for job satisfaction to be low. Moreover, anger, nervousness and the people with a tendency to take a Type A action pattern showed the tendency for job satisfaction to be low. From these findings, it is suggested that a stressor or not only coping behavior but character tendency is related to job satisfaction.