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Emotion management and stereotypes about emotions among male nurses: a qualitative study
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Background: Nursing requires a high load of emotional labour. The link between nursing, emotional labour and the female sex, complicates the figure of the male nurse, because masculinity is associated with physical or technical (rather than emotional) and moreover is defined in contrast to femininity. Our objective was to understand how emotion management is described by male nurses who work in the paediatrics department of a Spanish tertiary hospital. Methods: Qualitative descriptive study. The participants were selected through intentional sampling in the paediatrics department of a Spanish tertiary hospital. We conducted semi-structured interviews until reaching data saturation. We carried out a content analysis, using Lincoln and Guba's definition of scientific rigour. Results: We identified two key themes in the data: 1) Stereotypes related to the emotional aspects of care: Participants took for granted some gender stereotypes while questioning others and defended alternative ways of managing emotions related to care. 2) Emotion management strategies: Participants described keeping an emotional distance, setting boundaries, relativising problems and using distraction and humour. Discussion: Nursing care is conditioned by gender roles and stereotypes that present men as less capable than women of feeling and managing emotions. However, emotion management is necessary in nursing care¿ especially in paediatrics¿and our participants reported using strategies for it. Although participants continued to interpret care in terms of traditional roles, they contradicted them in adapting to the emotional labour that their job requires.
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MARTÍNEZ-MORATO, Sergio, FEIJOO CID, Maria, GALBANY ESTRAGUÉS, Paola, FERNÁNDEZ-CANO, Maria-isabel, ARRECIADO MARAÑÓN, Antonia. Emotion management and stereotypes about emotions among male nurses: a qualitative study. _BMC Nursing_. 2021. Vol. 20. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1472-6955. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218873]