Optimism and distress tolerance in the social adjustment of nurses: examining resilience as a mediator and gender as a moderator

As nursing is recognised as one of the most stressful occupations in healthcare organisations, nurses are vulnerable to adjustment challenges.The authors examine the association between optimism, distress tolerance and social adjustment through the mediating role of resilience and the moderating role of gender among Iranian nurses.The sample consisted of 183 nurses working in six private hospitals in Iran. The authors employed structural...