A Study on Anger expression and Burnout of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

Purpose: This study was to investigate the relation between anger expression and burnout of psychiatric mental health nurses. Methods: The subjects of this study consisted of 102 psychiatric mental health nurses in D city.Data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from 1, March to 30，April in 2003. The data collected were analyzed using mean, S.D., t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients with SAS. Results: Anger -in were significant differences in the variables of field of service, marital status, duration of service in psychiatric unit, level of education, and position. Anger-control was a significant difference in the level of education. Burnout was a significant difference in the level of education. Physical exhaustion was a significant difference in age.Emotional exhaustion was a significant difference in marital status. Mental exhaustion was a significant difference in the level of education. There was a significant correlation between anger-control and burnout(r=-.20). There was a significant correlation between anger-in and bumout(r=.19). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that there is a need to develope self-management programs considering anger-control to alleviate emotional exhaustion in the psychiatric mental health nurses.