The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses' Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial

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	The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses' Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial
	Lu, Cui 1,2,3; Sun, Yawen 1,2; Wang, Chunyan 1,2; Chen, Tianyong 1,2; Tang, Yi 4,5
通讯作者	Chen, Tianyong(chenty@psych.ac.cn)
摘要	Shift work nurses suffered great stress and emotion dysregulation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpersonal emotion regulation has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach, often facilitated through confiding. It has been suggested that medical staff benefit from confiding, with the act of reflecting on the social support gained from confiding being associated with higher well-being. Consequently, we hypothesized that thinking about the social support derived from confiding about work-related hassles could enhance emotion regulation and well-being in shift work nurses. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the intervention "thinking about the social support obtained from confiding about work-related hassles" on shift work nurses' emotion regulation and self-perceived well-being. An online randomized controlled trial was conducted with 66 shift work nurses, including 34 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group, to assess the impact of an 8-week confiding intervention focused on thinking about the social support obtained from confiding. The results indicated that the intervention significantly improved the interpersonal emotion regulation of shift work nurses in the experimental group compared to the control group. In terms of intrapersonal emotion regulation, the intervention appeared to reduce the cognitive reappraisal in the intervention group; however, there was no significant difference in cognitive reappraisal or expressive inhibition between the intervention group and control group. Furthermore, self-rated general health and sleep quality showed significant improvement in the intervention group compared to pre-test levels, but no significant differences were observed between the experimental and control groups. In conclusion, the online confiding intervention effectively enhanced interpersonal emotion regulation among shift work nurses. However, its effects on intrapersonal emotion regulation were not significant. Similarly, while participants in the intervention group reported improved self-rated general health and sleep quality, these improvements did not significantly differ from those in the control group.
关键词	online intervention confiding nurses nursing well-being emotion
	2025
语种	英语
DOI	10.3390/bs15010009
发表期刊	BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
卷号	15 期号:1 页码:14
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	The National Key Research and Development Program of China[2017YFC1310102] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China
出版者	MDPI
WOS关键词	HEALTH-CARE WORKERS ; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ; SLEEP ; COVID-19 ; ANXIETY
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001404617100001
资助机构	The National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/47556
通讯作者	Chen, Tianyong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Tianjin Econ Technol Dev Area Hosp, Emergency Dept, Tianjin 300457, Peoples R China 4.Xuan Wu Hosp, Dept Neurol, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China 5.Capital Med Univ, Natl Ctr Neurol Disorders, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lu, Cui,Sun, Yawen,Wang, Chunyan,et al. The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses' Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial[J]. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES,2025,15(1):14.
APA	Lu, Cui,Sun, Yawen,Wang, Chunyan,Chen, Tianyong,&Tang, Yi.(2025).The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses' Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial.BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES,15(1),14.
MLA	Lu, Cui,et al."The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses' Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial".BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 15.1(2025):14.