Self-Control Demands and Job Strain in Nursing and Care: The Moderating Role of Boundary Conditions

Abstract

Recent theoretical developments and findings in basic research suggest that, self-control demands are a unique job stressor. A series of studies among healthcare workers are reported corroborating this view. The results of literature review show that different forms of self-control demands such as impulse control, resisting distractions, overcoming inner resistances contribute significant portions of unique variance to the prediction of various indicators of job strain and interact with other forms of self-control demands. Furthermore, the relationship between self-control demands and strain is moderated by various resources like self-control capacity, affective organizational commitment, and job control. The identification of those resources offers promising starting points for the development of preventive interventions.

Hospital nurses’ lived experiences of intelligent resilience: A phenomenological study

“…Meanwhile, self‐control is a unique factor that is often overlooked in job stressor. The relationship between self‐control needs and work pressure, emotional organisational commitment and self‐control capacity can help healthcare staff to counter the adverse effects of coping with self‐control needs)Schmidt, ). Besides, Por, Barriball, Fitzpatrick, and Roberts () found that resilience promotion helps nurses and nursing students manage stressors as well as their emotions and improve their subjective well‐being.…”