Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

The Role of Problem Solving Skills, Coping Strategies, and Temperament in Predi cting the Resilience of Nurses in Tabriz

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Z poursadegh 1
AN Aghdasi 2
T Hashemi 3
SM Tabatabai 4
1 PhD Student of General Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Assistant Prof., Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 Prof., Dept.of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 Associate Prof., Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Physiology, Tabriz Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
10.22123/chj.2025.407264.2025
Abstract
Introduction: It is very important to identify factors that can improve people's resilience; therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of determining the role of problemsolving skills, coping strategies, and temperament in predicting the resilience of nurses in Tabriz City.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population included all the nurses (2426 people) of Tabriz City in 2019, out of which 500 people were selected using stratified random sampling method. In order to collect information, Problem Solving (Heppner and Krauskopf, 1987), Coping Strategies (Lazarus and Folkman, 1988), Temperament (Buss and Plomin, 1984) and Resilience (Conner and Davidson, 2003) Questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient method and multiple regression analysis.
Results: The results showed that confidence in solving problems (r=0.468, p=0.001), tendency-avoidance style (r=0.141, p=0.001), personal control style (r=0.727, p=0.001), problem-oriented coping strategy (r=0.244, p=0.001), sociability (r=0.359, p=0.001), and activity level (r=0.136, p=0.001) have a positive and significant relationship with resilience, and there is a negative relationship between irritability (r=-0.141, p=0.001) and resilience; and the aforementioned variables have the ability to predict 23% of the variance of nurses' resilience.
Conclusion: Considering that problemsolving skills, coping strategies, and mood have the ability to predict resilience, it is suggested to provide intervention programs in order to improve the resilience of nurses.
Keywords
Problem solving
Coping strategies
Temperament
Resilience
Nurses

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Community Health Journal
Volume 18, Issue 4
Spring 2025
Pages 52-61