Highlights
- •Brief positive psychological online interventions are a possible way to train self-management competences of nursing staff
- •The intervention leads to a reflection of the nurses’ application competence indicating resource-promoting potential
- •Humour competence should be trained in a separate Intervention
Abstract
Aim
The aim of this study is to evaluate a brief positive psychological intervention with
regard to the mental health of nursing staff in German hospitals. It addresses the
question of how positive-psychological online exercises should be designed.
Background
Nurses in hospitals are known to suffer from mental strain and risk depressive as
well as anxiety disorders. The covid-19-pandemic leads to a further aggravation of
the situation. Opposed to that, positive psychological interventions can increase
resilience by promoting self-management competences and mental strength.
Research methods
A 90 min positive-psychological workshop was conducted with six nurses who worked
in German hospitals. It consisted of imparting knowledge on positive psychology and
learning different positive psychological practices. Afterwards, guideline-based interviews
were conducted with six nurses. The outcomes of interest were how the intervention
was evaluated, to what extent the intervention led to a reflection and a promotion
of self-management competences and whether it allowed the participants to transfer
the learnings into everyday life.
Results
The intervention led to a reflection of the application competence of positive-psychological
techniques by the participating nurses. A promotion of the competences could not be
reached. Especially the reflection and promotion of humour competence manifested itself
as difficult.
Conclusion
Despite its short-term nature, the online intervention resulted in a reflection of
the nurses' application competence of positive psychology indicating its resource-promoting
potential. Follow-up exercises or peer groups should be used for further development,
while a training of humour competence might be part of a separate intervention.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 14, 2023
Accepted:
April 8,
2023
Received in revised form:
January 12,
2023
Received:
July 16,
2022
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