The Relationship between Altruism, Job Satisfaction, Self-compassion and Positive Health Behaviours amongst Nurses in Mumbai

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Page: 521-527

Sadeeqah Abdul Rahim Patel (Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, JSPM University, Pune, Maharashtra)

Numerous studies have so far established a link between Altruism, Job Satisfaction, Self-compassion, and Positive Health Behaviors among diverse populations worldwide. However, very few researchers have studied these variables among nurses. Even with the very few research that exists, none of the research has been conducted on Indian nurses so far. The job profile of a nurse demands them to go above and beyond their duty, and care for their patients. Thus, the present study aims to explore if Altruism, Job Satisfaction, Self-compassion, and Positive Health Behaviours would be linked to each other for the helping profession of nurses. The present study is a correlational study conducted on 102 female nurses ranging in age from 25 to 40 years (M=29.01), working in private hospitals of Mumbai. For the present study, descriptive and inferential statistics were employed, namely, Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation was computed. The present study highlights that training nurses in self-compassion and positive health behaviours may help improve their experiences of job satisfaction, which may in turn improve the level of altruism experienced by them, thereby allowing them to care better for their patients.