ArticleFrontiers in public health2021
Care for Joy: Evaluation of a Humor Intervention and Its Effects on Stress, Flow Experience, Work Enjoyment, and Meaningfulness of Work.
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- The Relationship between Flow Experience and Burnout Symptoms: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Playful work design and thriving in academia: the mediating role of work-related flow.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Uncertainty management strategies in clinical reasoning: perceptions of nurses in post-anesthesia care units.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Impact of job crafting and work engagement on the mental and physical health of palliative care nurses.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Relation Between Humor Styles and Psychopathological Symptoms in Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Violence suffered by nurses in risk classification and suspicion of common mental disorders.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- From Passive to Pleasant: Validation and Application of the Learning Enjoyment Scale in Didactic Teaching.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- Flow and Physiological Response Assessment during Exercise Using Metrorhythmic Stimuli.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Trajectories of mindfulness, flow experience, and stress during an online-based MBSR program: the moderating role of emotional exhaustion.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Validation of the humour styles questionnaire in healthcare professionals.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Fostering flow experiences at work: a framework and research agenda for developing flow interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Workplace Stress in Portuguese Oncology Nurses Delivering Palliative Care: A Pilot Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2022Article
- Wellbeing in Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Personal Resources and Exhaustion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Influence of Innovation Climate on Creative Role Identity: The Mediating Role of Flow.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a Humor-Based Training for Reducing Employees' Distress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The media increasingly speak of a care crisis. Systematic support is needed to prepare nursing apprentices for the high demands of their profession and to reduce the number of nurses who finally quit. Particularly in stressful jobs like nursing, humor as a coping strategy can have a beneficial effect on perceived stress and overall work enjoyment. In this study, we used a humor intervention among nursing staff in training and evaluated its effects on humor, stress, work enjoyment, the meaningfulness of work, and flow experience. The sample consists of 104 nurses in training. The intervention group received a 3-h humor intervention, while the control group received no intervention. Positive and negative affect were measured immediately before and after the intervention. Humor was measured before the intervention (t
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