Exploration of the Association between Nurses’ Moral Distress and Secondary Traumatic Stress Syndrome: Implications for Patient Safety in Mental Health Services

Table 3

Pearson’s correlation coefficients ( values) between main study variables ().

	M-MDS-MHS, overall	M-MDS-MHS, frequency	M-MDS-MHS, intensity	SPTS Scale	Jefferson Scale of Empathy	GHQ-28, overall	GHQ, somatic symptoms	GHQ, anxiety/insomnia symptoms	GHQ, social/personal dysfunction	GHQ, depressive symptoms
M-MDS-MHS, Composite	1.00
M-MDS-MHS, Frequency	0.91	1.00
M-MDS-MHS, Intensity	0.53	0.33	1.00
STSS Scale	0.35	0.37	0.16	1.00
Jefferson Scale of Empathy	0.035	−0.13	0.18	−0.10	1.00
GHQ-28, overall	0.29	0.27	0.19	0.65	−0.10	1.00
GHQ, somatic symptoms	0.31	0.28	0.20	0.52	−0.07	0.89	1.00
GHQ, anxiety/insomnia symptoms	0.31	0.30	0.22	0.70	−0.09	0.91	0.79	1.00
GHQ, personal/social dysfunction	0.11	0.07	0.11	0.37	−0.01	0.68	0.49	0.46	1.00
GHQ, depressive symptoms	0.14	0.18	0.05	0.43	−0.21	0.70	0.49	0.55	0.33	1.00

value < 0.05, value < 0.01, and value < 0.001.