Psychological Well-being and Social Support for Male and Female Nurses in Zahedan city: a Comparative Study

Workplace stress affects individuals’ mental health and psychological well-being. Since any nurse who enters workplace is faced with stressors, and mental health of medical staff is exposed to environmental pressures, it seems essential to adopt ways to maintain mental health of nurses as important members of the medical staff. This study aimed to conduct a comparative study about psychological well-being of male and female nurses and social support for nurses working in the hospitals of Zahedan city in 2013. through convenience sampling. All participants completed Diener’s psychological well-being test and answered items of perceived social support questionnaire. The results showed a significant difference between psychological well-being and social support in terms of gender. Regarding the relationship between psychological well-being and social support, we can raise the nurses' health and well-being through enhancing social support for them.

psychological well- being social support nurses