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El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription AbstractBackground: Recent research reveals that not all job demands have negative effects on workers' well-being and suggests that the negative or positive effects of specific job demands depend on the occupational sector. Specifically, emotional job demands form the heart of the work for nurses and for this reason they can be interpreted by nurses as a challenge that promotes motivation and well-being among these professionals, especially if personal and job resources become available. Objectives:The study had two objectives. First, to examine whether daily emotional demands within a nursing work context have a positive effect on nurses' daily motivation at work (vigour) and well-being at home (vitality and positive affect). Second, to explore whether this positive effect could be enhanced by nurses' emotional regulation abilities.Design: This research used a diary design to explore daily experiences and to analyse how variations in specific job or personal characteristics can affect levels of motivation and wellbeing across days.Participants: Fifty-three nurses working in different Spanish hospitals and primary health care centres completed a general questionnaire and a diary booklet over 5 consecutive working days in two different moments, after work and at night (N= 53 participants and N = 265 observations). Results:In line with our hypotheses, multi-level analyses revealed that, on the one hand, daylevel emotional demands at work had a positive effect on vigour at work and on vitality at home. On the other hand, analyses showed that nurses with higher emotional regulation abilities have more motivation at work and well-being at home when they have to face high emotional demands at work, showing a spillover effect after work. Conclusions:These findings support the idea that emotional demands from the nursing profession can act as challenges which promote motivation and well-being, especially if internal emotional resources become available. Key words: emotional job demands; emotional regulation; nursing; positive affect; vigour; vitality.• What is already known about the topic?-Several studies show that job demands are positively associated with emotional exhaustion, while personal and job resources are positively related with engagement atwork.-Recent research shows that specific job demands (e.g. emotional demands) may be interpreted as positive challenges depending on the occupational sector. Moreover, positive effects from job demands may be attributed to the presence of personal and job resources.-Job demands effects spill over into the non-work domain and continue their influence on the individual after the end of the working day.• What does this paper add?-This study highlights the importance of emotional job demands within a nursing context to promote nurses' daily motivation and well-being. Specifically, emotional job demands were positively associated with vigour at...

The aims of the present study were twofold: assessing the prevalence and intensity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in victims of bullying, and exploring whether victims of bullying differ in their basic assumptions compared to a control group. A total of 183 victims of bullying and 183 control group participants took part in the research. The results showed that 42.6% of the total sample met all DSM-IV-TR criteria for PTSD, whereas 54.1% did not fulfill the A1 criterion. Post-traumatic symptoms were more prevalent among women (49%), as compared to men (35.3%). Furthermore, victims showed significantly more negative beliefs about the world, the people, and themselves, compared to their non-bullied controls.

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