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. 2022 Jun;61(3):1772-1791.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01203-y. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

The Impact of US Nurses' Personal Religious and Spiritual Beliefs on Their Mental Well-Being and Burnout: A Path Analysis

Stephanie Harris  1 , Hong Tao  2
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The Impact of US Nurses' Personal Religious and Spiritual Beliefs on Their Mental Well-Being and Burnout: A Path Analysis

Stephanie Harris et al. J Relig Health. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

This study addresses the gap in the literature regarding the impact of nurses' personal religious and spiritual beliefs on their mental well-being and burnout. A model of the association between these factors was tested based on surveys of 207 nurses located in southeastern USA and analyzed to determine the association between religion/spirituality, mental well-being, and burnout. A path analysis supported a model in which, through its positive impact on mental well-being, religion/spirituality was negatively associated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and positively associated with personal accomplishment.

Keywords: Burnout; Mental well-being; Nurses; Religion; Spirituality.

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A model of the association between religion/spirituality, mental well-being, and burnout. The top line consists of theoretical constructs, while the bottom line consists of the indicators for those constructs
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Path diagram for initial and revised models including path coefficients. a Initial model, b revised model. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
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