Title: Emotional coping ability and its significant impact on health in nurses: a systematic review

Authors: Sumit Kumar Debnath; Puja Khatri

Addresses: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, 16-C, Dwarka, India ' Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, 16-C, Dwarka, India

Abstract: The coping style represents the ability of a person to use certain styles or groups of coping methods that the person prefers. It is also significant that burnout leads to depletion of energy as a result nurses feel depressed because they cannot efficiently perform their duties. Hence coping mechanisms can play an important role in managing such symptoms. The study aims to make a systematic analysis of the literature related to coping with stress concerning nurses. Articles were searched from the period 2015-2020 using an appropriate database such as Google Scholar, Emerald, PubMed, etc. Keywords such as nurses, coping, and stress were used to search articles. The study considered 31 articles that were appropriate for review. The review also states that the combined effect of emotion and interpersonal relationships at the workplace in coping mechanisms is ignored in most of the study. Hence the review recommends that there is a need for further studies with nurses to evaluate the correlations between coping strategies and variables like personality, workplace relationship, emotions, experiences, and social support factors that are implied in the use of coping strategies.

Keywords: nurses; stress; coping; emotion.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2025.147816

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2025 Vol.36 No.4, pp.530 - 552

Received: 16 Nov 2021
Accepted: 30 Jan 2022
Published online: 04 Aug 2025 *

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