Relationship between quality of life, coping ...

ECPP 2016 -

th 8

European Conference on Positive Psychology, 28 juin -

er 1

juillet, Angers, France

Relationship between quality of life, coping, personality and mindfulness among nursing students M-H.Ferrer (1), C.Verdonk (1), B.Alescio-Lautier (2), M.Trousselard (1) (1)

Unité Neurophysiologie du Stress, Département Neurosciences et Contraintes Opérationnelles, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (2) Equipe Corps & Cognition, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives, Aix-Marseille Université

Results

Introduction As part of their work, nurses are confronted daily with human suffering. Various studies underline the importance of being mindful to better regulate stress and increase health (Bullis et al, 2014; Trousselard, 2012; Weinstein et al., 2009). In this preliminary study, we were interested to nursing students and links between their quality of life, their ability to cope, their personality and their level of mindfulness.

2 R =0,51

Psychological Health +

0,40***

2 R =0,62

Active Coping +

Neuroticism -

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Active Coping, Planning, Instrumental Support, Emotional Support, Expression of feelings, Positive Reinterpretation Acceptance,

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Denial, Self-blame, Humour, Religion, Self-distraction, Substance use Disengagement.

- 0,25**

Behavioral Disengagement

Methods 59 nursing students were evaluated at the middle of their academic schedule using a battery of validated French questionnaires:  Psychological health sub-scale of the WhoqolBref  Personality using the Big Five Inventory with its five subscales (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness).  Mindful disposition with the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI).  Coping strategies were evaluated using the Brief COPE with its subscales :

- 0,49***

0,20*

Positive Reinterpretation 0,52***

Planning 0,19*

Mindfulness The Active Coping (β = 0,40; t = 4,22 ; p