@ARTICLE{Sepah mansour, author = {Tayebi, M and Sepah mansour, M and Amini kho, M and }, title = {Comparison of perceived stress and self-handicapping of nurses in different shift work schedules}, volume = {20}, number = {3}, abstract ={Background: Nurses are among those who are stressed due to their high sensitivity job in the workplace. In addition, stress is associated with self-handicapping. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the perceived stress and self-handicapping of nurses in various work shifts. Materials and methods: Participants of this causal-comparative study were 72 nurses (32 morning shifts and 40 evening and night shifts) in one of hospitals in Tehran city during 2016-2017 that were selected by available sampling process. Determination of sample size was performed using Cochran’s formula. One-way analysis of variance was used to assess the difference between the three shifts. Results: The results showed that there was no significant difference between the three groups in perceived stress. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the three groups of nurses (p=0.001), so that in the claimed self-handicapping, the means of alteration changed from low- to high- values respectively in the morning to night shifts and, reversely, it was from high- to low- values in behavioral self-handicapping. Conclusion: Perceived stress among nurses seems to be high due to the sensitivity of this work. In the context of self-handicapping, as the nurses should be decision-makers due to reduced access to specialists at nights, this feature is bolder. }, URL = {http://ebnesina.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-593-en.html}, eprint = {http://ebnesina.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-593-en.pdf}, journal = {EBNESINA}, doi = {}, year = {2018} }