Table 2.

Correlations among psychosocial work environment (QPSNordic 34+), nursing staff characteristics variables, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Stress of Conscience (SCQ), Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ), and Mastery scale.

Variables	r-scores
	Empowering Leadership	Role Clarity	Control at Work	Support from Superiors	Organisational Climate
Nursing staff characteristics
Age	−0.158	0.151	0.009	0.113	0.067
Experience in current ward	0.047	0.190 #	0.062	0.085	0.148
Experience in psychiatry	−0.139	0.191 #	−0.017	0.132	0.063
PSS	−0.172	−0.302 **	−0.136	−0.114	−0.265 *
SCQ
Stress of Conscience	−0.086	−0.271 *	−0.282 **	−0.024	−0.153
Internal Demands	−0.063	−0.212 *	−0.215 *	−0.050	−0.044
External Demands and Restrictions	−0.126	−0.329 **	−0.337 **	−0.060	−0.234 *
MSQ
Sense of Moral Burden	−0.175	−0.198 #	−0.141	−0.135	−0.146
Sense of Moral Strength	0.194 #	0.247 *	−0.124	0.069	0.109
Item nr 1	−0.051	−0.004	0.057	0.063	−0.125
Item nr 9	0.143	0.125	0.109	−0.093	0.067
Mastery	0.214 *	0.169	0.157	0.087	0.237 *

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ^# p < 0.1; Spearman’s rank correlation.