Table 4.

Pearson's correlation coefficients between job‐related stressors and stress reactions of PRNs

	Lack of vigour	Irritability	Fatigue	Anxiety	Depressed mood	Somatic symptoms
Psychiatric nursing ability	0.266**	0.155	0.129	0.064	0.145	0.004
Attitude of patients	0.157	0.378**	0.252**	0.282**	0.334**	0.349**
Attitude towards	0.426**	0.418**	0.385**	0.239**	0.298**	0.265**
Communication	0.126	0.151	0.134	0.118	0.173*	0.186*
Quantitative overload	0.082	0.273**	0.325**	0.401**	0.298**	0.298**
Mental demand	−0.010	0.072	0.197*	0.318**	0.245**	0.281**
Physical workload	0.039	0.215*	0.331**	0.343**	0.212*	0.224**
Job control	0.430**	0.175*	0.264**	0.227**	0.292**	0.238**
Use of techniques	0.154	0.024	0.153	0.126	0.163	0.111
Interpersonal relations	0.343**	0.428**	0.358**	0.391**	0.457**	0.412**
Work environment	0.260**	0.400**	0.236**	0.104	0.197*	0.289**
Fit to the job	0.467**	0.379**	0.384**	0.217**	0.366**	0.229**
Reward of work	0.465**	0.383**	0.360**	0.097	0.356**	0.257**

*p < .05, **p < .01.