Effective communication in mental health nurses: Did social support save the psychiatric nurse?

A randomised controlled trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a social support-based intervention against a feedback-only condition. Fifty-three mental health nurses were randomly allocated and assessed on a range of measures of the stress process. Stressors were measured by the DCL Stress scale, mediating variables by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale, the Pearlin Mastery scale and the Significant Others scale and stress outcomes by...