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The impact of empathy on work engagement in hemodialysis nurses: The mediating role of resilience
Author(s) -
Cao Xiaoyi,
Chen Lin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/jjns.12284
Subject(s) - empathy , work engagement , psychological resilience , structural equation modeling , psychology , hemodialysis , resilience (materials science) , social psychology , work (physics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , machine learning , engineering , thermodynamics
Aim To examine the reciprocal associations between empathy, resilience and work engagement, and to explore the mediating effect of resilience on the empathy and work engagement relationship among hemodialysis nurses in China. Methods This was a cross‐sectional quantitative study. A convenience sampling was used to investigate 582 hemodialysis nurses in Chengdu, China. Structural equation modeling technique was conducted to analyze the mediating effect of resilience on the association between empathy and work engagement. Results Empathy and resilience were direct, positive and significant predictors for work engagement. Empathy also had a direct, positive and significant predictive effect on resilience. Empathy indirectly and significantly affected work engagement via the partial mediating effect of resilience. Conclusion Higher empathic ability may lead to greater work engagement by enhancing resilience. Attention should be paid to the development of empathic capacity and resilience to foster work engagement in hemodialysis nurses.

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