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A WeChat-based “three good things” positive psychotherapy for the improvement of job performance and self-efficacy in nurses with burnout symptoms : A randomized controlled trial
Guo, Yu-Fang Lam, Louisa Plummer, Virginia Cross, Wendy Zhang, Jing-Ping
Guo, Yu-Fang
Lam, Louisa
Plummer, Virginia
Cross, Wendy
Zhang, Jing-Ping
Abstract
Aim
To evaluate the effects of a WeChat-based “Three Good Things” on job performance and self-efficacy of clinical nurses with burnout symptoms.
Background
Few studies have valued the impact of nurses' personal strengths and positive work environment on job performance, particularly in developing countries.
Methods
A randomized controlled trial. The intervention group (n = 33) participated in WeChat-based Three Good Things, while the control group (n = 40) did not. Data were collected prior to and immediately after the intervention. WeChat, a popular social software, provides several communicating and recording functions.
Results
The main intervention effects and interactions between time and intervention on job performance and self-efficacy were significant (each p < .05). The main time effects on self-efficacy were also significant (p < .05). The post-intervention scores for job performance and self-efficacy between the two groups were statistically different (each p < .05). The scores for job performance and self-efficacy of the intervention group were statistically different before and after the intervention (each p < .05).
Conclusion
Three Good Things could significantly improve job performance and self-efficacy of nurses with burnout.
Implications for Nursing Management
Nurse managers are recommended to include Three Good Things into their management systems to improve nurses' physical and mental health and work outcomes over the long term.
Keywords
job performance, nursing, positive psychology, randomized controlled trial, self-efficacy
Date
2020
Type
Journal article
Journal
Journal of Nursing Management
Book
Volume
28
Issue
3
Page Range
480-487
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
License
All rights reserved
File Access
Controlled