Stress, interpersonal and inter-role conflicts, and psychological health conditions among nurses: vicious and virtuous circles within and beyond the wards

Table 1 Mean scores, Standard Deviations, and Intecorrelations among the study variables (n = 265)

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Interpersonal Conflicts Stressors in Nursing
1. Conflicts with Physician	8.66	4.87	1
2. Conflicts with Peers	7.83	5.11	0.68^**	1
3. Conflicts wirh Supevisors	13.14	6.74	0.58^**	0.47^**	1
4. Patients and their Families	16.86	8.20	0.77^**	0.51^**	0.64^**	1
Work-Related Stress
5. Effort-Reward Imbalance	0.79	0.44	0.09	0.11	0.15^*	0.06	1
Work-Family Inter-role Conflicts
6. Work-Family Conflict	18.38	7.79	0.25^**	0.17^**	0.22^**	0.24^**	0.32^**	1
7. Family-Work Conflict	14.27	7.29	0.18^**	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.03	0.57^**	1
Work Resources
8. Job Control	35.76	6.37	− 0.07	− 0.10	− 0.10	− 0.1	− 0.17^**	− 0.19^**	− 0.13^*	1
9. Social Support	11.03	3.24	− 0.04	− 0.04	− 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.23^**	− 0.08	− 0.06	0.19^**	1
10. Job Satisfaction	10.38	2.98	0.04	− 0.05	− 0.14^*	− 0.05	− 0.19^**	− 0.05	0.01	0.37^**	− 0.07	1
Psychological and Relational Health Outcomes
11. Anxiety	0.56	0.63	0.18^**	0.22^**	0.20^**	0.16^**	0.35^**	0.22^**	0.17^**	− 0.34^**	− 0.20^**	− 0.25^**	1
12. Depression	0.68	0.68	0.16^**	0.22^**	0.19^**	0.13^*	0.34^**	0.22^**	0.17^**	− 0.43^**	− 0.22^**	− 0.22^**	0.89^**	1
13. Somatization	0.85	0.66	0.22^**	0.21^**	0.24^**	0.22^**	0.33^**	0.33^**	0.16^**	− 0.34^**	− 0.15^*	− 0.20^**	0.80^**	0.73^**	1
14. Interpersonal Sensitivity	0.61	0.67	0.19^**	0.25^**	0.16^*	0.15^*	0.26^**	0.12^*	0.10	− 0.39^**	− 0.26^**	− 0.04	0.77^**	0.83^**	0.62^**	1
15. Hostility	0.53	0.58	0.16^**	0.18^**	0.26^**	0.14^*	0.36^**	0.16^**	0.18^**	− 0.27^**	− 0.15^*	− 0.10	0.70^**	0.74^**	0.59^**	0.66^**	1

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