The Effectiveness of Group Counseling Therapy Based on Time Perspective on Job Satisfaction and Motivation of Female Nurses

Today, work life is an important part of life for most people and satisfaction and motivation in this area of life can indirectly overshadow the satisfaction of the whole life. The aim of this research was to investigate group counseling therapy based on time perspective on job satisfaction and work motivation of female nursing staff in Isfahan education hospitals at 2019.

This research was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control groups.
The population of research was included all female nursing staff in Isfahan educational hospitals in 2019, among them 30 nurses were selected by available sampling and assigned randomly between two experimental and control group each with 15 persons. Before intervention, job satisfaction and work motivation questionnaires used as pre-test between experimental and control group. Then, in experimental groupa, eight 90 minute-session therapies based on time perspective were performed. After holding counseling sessions, two questionnaires of job satisfaction and motivation were again administered among the experimental and control groups as a post-test. Univariate analysis of covariance was used for statistical analysis of research data.

The means of job satisfaction in the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group were 1.53 and 3.42, respectively, and in the pre-test and post-test of the control group were 1.26 and 1.60, respectively. The means of job motivation in the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group were 17.13 and 23, respectively, and in the pre-test and post-test of the control group were 10.20 and 10.80, respectively. The results showed significant difference between mean scores of experimental and control groups in job satisfaction and work motivation.

Having a healthy time perspective can affect the variables of motivation and job satisfaction in female nurses. Managers and educational supervisors of medical environments, by providing short-term and long-term training with a time vision approach, can improve the level of job satisfaction and motivation of nurses, and thus the quality of work life and productivity.