The mediating effect of occupational well-being between professional identity and safety behavior among nurses
10.20001/j.issn.2095-2619.20250606
- VernacularTitle:职业幸福感在护士职业认同与安全行为间的中介效应
- Author:
Xinyan JIANG
1
;
Guowei CHEN
;
Haili GUO
;
Yuxiu YU
;
Sumin LI
;
Yuanxin CHEN
;
Wei XIONG
;
LI SUN
;
Ling JIANG
Author Information
1. Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical university, Guilin, Guangxi 541001, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Safe behavior;
Professional identity;
Occupational well-being;
Mediation effect
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2025;52(3):276-281
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the mediating role of occupational well-being in the relationship between professional identity and safety behavior among nurses. Methods A total of 1 006 nurses from ten tertiary general hospitals in eight provincial administrative regions were selected as the research subjects using convenient sampling method. Their safety behavior, professional identity and occupational well-being were investigated using Nurse Safety Behavior Scale, Nurse Professional Identity Scale and Occupational Well-being Scale. Structural equation modeling was performed using AMOS 26.0 to examine the mediating effect of occupational well-being in the relationship between professional identity and safety behavior among nurses. Results The scores for safety behavior, professional identity, and occupational well-being were (53.0±6.1), (123.7±21.2) and (90.8±13.1), respectively. Safety behavior was positively correlated with both professional identity and occupational well-being (correlation coefficients were 0.50 and 0.50, respectively, both P<0.01). Professional identity was positively correlated with occupational well-being (correlation coefficient was 0.51, P<0.01). The multiple linear regression analysis results showed that the higher the professional identity and occupational well-being of nurses, the higher the level of safety behavior (both P<0.05). The result of mediating effect shows that the total effect of occupational identity on safety behavior was 0.498 [95% confidence interval (CI) was 0.405-0.576], and occupational well-being played a mediating role between professional identity and safety behavior among nurses with the mediation effect of 0.156 (95%CI was 0.112-0.205), accounting for 31.33% of the total effect. Conclusion The safety behavior of nurses is at a moderate level. Both professional identity and occupational well-being can affect the safety behavior of nurses. Professional identity can increase the safety behavior of nurses by affecting occupational well-being.
