Enhancing Occupational Well-Being Among Chinese Nurses: Exploring the Mediation of Job Stress in the Relationship Between Social Support and Occupational Well-Being
Yingjie Fu, Ge Qu, Jiyao Sun, Chuyun Wang, Jian Wang
{"title":"Enhancing Occupational Well-Being Among Chinese Nurses: Exploring the Mediation of Job Stress in the Relationship Between Social Support and Occupational Well-Being","authors":"Yingjie Fu, Ge Qu, Jiyao Sun, Chuyun Wang, Jian Wang","doi":"10.1155/jonm/2140829","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n <p><b>Background:</b> The occupational well-being of nurses is important for nurses’ human resource management and the sustainable development of hospitals. Several studies have demonstrated a positive association between social support and occupational well-being. However, the underlying mechanism behind this mechanism remains unclear. This study explored how social support influenced occupational well-being through the mediating roles of job stress.</p>\n <p><b>Methods:</b> This study utilized the stratified random sampling method and conducted a questionnaire survey among 450 nurses from a tertiary general hospital from July 2022 to September 2022. The surveys included the Social Support Rating Scale, Job Stress Scale, and Occupational Well-Being Scale. We also collected data on participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and job-related factors. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the associations between variables.</p>\n <p><b>Results:</b> The results revealed that the nurses had a moderate level of occupational well-being. Social support is positively associated with occupational well-being (<i>γ</i> = 0.600, <i>p</i> < 0.001), while job stress is negatively associated with occupational well-being (<i>γ</i> = −0.300, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Social support had a significant negative association with job stress (<i>γ</i> = −0.318, <i>p</i> < 0.001). The mediation effect shows that job stress mediated the association between social support and occupational well-being (indirect effect = 0.096, 95%CI: 0.061∼0.142), and the mediating effect of job stress can explain the 16% of the total effect of social support on occupational well-being.</p>\n <p><b>Conclusion:</b> This study provides evidence that the effect of social support on occupational well-being is partially mediated by job stress among nurses in China. Social support can improve nurses’ occupational well-being by relieving job stress. Medical administration departments and hospital administrators should give nurses more support in their work and take targeted interventions to enhance the occupational well-being of nurses.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":49297,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Management","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/jonm/2140829","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Nursing Management","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/jonm/2140829","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background: The occupational well-being of nurses is important for nurses’ human resource management and the sustainable development of hospitals. Several studies have demonstrated a positive association between social support and occupational well-being. However, the underlying mechanism behind this mechanism remains unclear. This study explored how social support influenced occupational well-being through the mediating roles of job stress.
Methods: This study utilized the stratified random sampling method and conducted a questionnaire survey among 450 nurses from a tertiary general hospital from July 2022 to September 2022. The surveys included the Social Support Rating Scale, Job Stress Scale, and Occupational Well-Being Scale. We also collected data on participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and job-related factors. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the associations between variables.
Results: The results revealed that the nurses had a moderate level of occupational well-being. Social support is positively associated with occupational well-being (γ = 0.600, p < 0.001), while job stress is negatively associated with occupational well-being (γ = −0.300, p < 0.001). Social support had a significant negative association with job stress (γ = −0.318, p < 0.001). The mediation effect shows that job stress mediated the association between social support and occupational well-being (indirect effect = 0.096, 95%CI: 0.061∼0.142), and the mediating effect of job stress can explain the 16% of the total effect of social support on occupational well-being.
Conclusion: This study provides evidence that the effect of social support on occupational well-being is partially mediated by job stress among nurses in China. Social support can improve nurses’ occupational well-being by relieving job stress. Medical administration departments and hospital administrators should give nurses more support in their work and take targeted interventions to enhance the occupational well-being of nurses.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Nursing Management is an international forum which informs and advances the discipline of nursing management and leadership. The Journal encourages scholarly debate and critical analysis resulting in a rich source of evidence which underpins and illuminates the practice of management, innovation and leadership in nursing and health care. It publishes current issues and developments in practice in the form of research papers, in-depth commentaries and analyses.
The complex and rapidly changing nature of global health care is constantly generating new challenges and questions. The Journal of Nursing Management welcomes papers from researchers, academics, practitioners, managers, and policy makers from a range of countries and backgrounds which examine these issues and contribute to the body of knowledge in international nursing management and leadership worldwide.
The Journal of Nursing Management aims to:
-Inform practitioners and researchers in nursing management and leadership
-Explore and debate current issues in nursing management and leadership
-Assess the evidence for current practice
-Develop best practice in nursing management and leadership
-Examine the impact of policy developments
-Address issues in governance, quality and safety