The mediating effect of core self-evaluation between perceived professional benefits and work engagement among psychiatric clinical nurses
WU Yingyu
WANG Wenjuan
XIAO Yuan
CHEN Yuping
WANG Yajing
Abstract：Objective To explore the mediating effect of core self-evaluation between perceived professional benefits and work engagement among psychiatric clinical nurse,so as to provide references to improve their work engagement.Methods Between November and December 2023,232 psychiatric clinical nurses in Qingdao mental health center were selected and surveyed using a general information questionnaire,the questionnaire of nurses'perceived professional benefits(QNPPB),core self-evaluations scale(CSES)and the utrecht work engagement scale(UWES).SPSS 26.0 and Process 4.1 macro programs were used for statistical analysis.Results The total scores of QNPPB,CSES and UWES were(123.96±15.27),(36.05±6.85)and(41.07±15.42)points,respectively.The QNPPB score was positively correlated to the CSES and UWES scores(r=0.599,P＜0.001;r=0.610,P＜0.001).Moreover,the CSES score was of positive correlation with the UWES score(r=0.885,P＜0.001).Core self-evaluation played a partial mediating role between nurses'sense of professional benefit and job engagement,accounting for 79.508％of the total effect.Conclusions Core self-evaluation plays a mediating role between nurses perceived professional benefits and work engagement of clinical nurses in psychiatric department.It is suggested that nursing managers can improve their job involvement by improving their sense of professional benefit and core self-evaluation.
Keywords：PsychiatryPerceived professional benefitsCore self-evaluationWork engagementMediation effect
Publication Date：2025-01-27
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 53-57 )