International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2025 Volume 13 Issue 5
Available Online: 25 June 2025
Author/s:
Quesea, Karen Shiela Ann D.
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines (karendyrn@gmail.com)
Abstract:
This study aimed to describe and explore the relationship among caring behavior, organizational commitment, and resilience of mental health nurses, as well as their lived experiences. Specifically, it investigated the respondents’ profiles in terms of sex, age, marital status, length of mental health work experience, and type of patients handled; assessed the levels of caring behavior, organizational commitment, and resilience; examined differences across profile variables; analyzed interrelationships among the three variables; and identified their effects on professional functioning. Utilizing a descriptive-correlational design and qualitative inquiry, data were collected from 101 mental health nurses in a government psychiatric facility through convenience sampling. Findings indicated that most of the respondents were female, aged 26–35, either married or single and had more than 11 years of experience in mental health nursing. The levels of caring behavior, organizational commitment and resilience were both medium to high. Most profile variables did not demonstrate any significant difference across the three constructs, but marital status did, under a subscale “respect” in caring behavior and two subscales of resilience, “having an anchor” and “response to novelty”. Organizational commitment was only meaningfully affected by length of experience under the normative subscale. In general, high rates of caring behavior, commitment, and resilience were perceived to have a positive effect on nurses’ motivation, actions and decision-making and their competence and reliability in the mental health field. These results functioned as a basis for suggesting a Psychological Health Module to be used to support and to improve the well-being and the professional behavior of mental health nurses.
Keywords: caring behavior, organizational commitment, resilience, psychiatric nurses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2025.25071
Cite this article:
Quesea, K. S. A. D. (2025). Caring behavior, organizational commitment and resilience among psychiatric nurses. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 13(5), 223-248. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2025.25071