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Can social support enhance sense of coherence and perceived professional benefits among Chinese registered nurses? A mediation model
Author(s) -
Zhan Tingting,
Li Huiping,
Ding Xiaotong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.12931
Subject(s) - social support , perception , mediation , psychology , scale (ratio) , perceived organizational support , psychological intervention , burnout , nursing management , nursing , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , organizational commitment , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , political science , law
Aim To investigate the mediation role of social support in the relationship between a sense of coherence and the perception of professional interests among Chinese registered nurses. Background Job burnout is become exceedingly common among registered nurses. Perceived professional benefits and a sense of coherence can help regulate nurses' negative emotions, reduce job burnout and turnover intention and increase nurses' subjective well‐being. However, little is known about the mediating effect of social support on sense of coherence and perceived professional benefits. Methods From May to August 2017, data from 765 Chinese registered nurses were collected from a 4‐part questionnaire: general information, the sense of coherence scale, social support rating scale and perceived professional benefits questionnaire. The independent factors of perceived professional benefits were tested by multiple regression analysis. Structural equation model was used to study the moderating effect of social support. Results The mean perceived professional benefits score differed across professional title ( p < .001). Social support mediated 58% of the relationships between a sense of coherence and perceived professional benefits. Conclusion In conclusion, our study revealed that social support partially mediates the relationship between a sense of coherence and perceived professional benefits among Chinese registered nurses. Therefore, interventions based on social support to enhance the sense of coherence and to strengthen nurses' perceived professional benefits should be developed. Implications for Nursing Management Nursing managers should create more learning opportunities to improve nurses' abilities in clinical nursing and the social support of nurses through many ways, so as to enhance nurses' sense of coherence and nurses' perceived professional benefits.