Mediating Effect of Work Stress on the Associations Between Psychological Job Demands, Social Approval, and Workplace Violence Among Health Care Workers in Sichuan Province of China

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ID22073047
AutoresXiaxia Sun (Sichuan University), Mutian Qiao (West China Medical Center of Sichuan University), Jianjun Deng (0000-0002-6284-0852, Sichuan University), Juying Zhang (0000-0001-8726-142X, West China Medical Center of Sichuan University), Jingping Pan, Xueli Zhang (0000-0001-5963-9261), Danping Liu (0009-0007-5739-1531, West China Medical Center of Sichuan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen9
Páginas743626-743626
Fecha de publicación2021-10-27
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.743626
PMID34778178
OpenAlexW3210563440
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas44

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of workplace violence against health care workers, to explore the combined association of work stress, psychological job demands, and social approval with workplace violence and their respective mechanisms among health care workers. Methods: Using data from the Chinese Sixth National Health Service Survey (NHSS) in 2018 conducted among 1,371 health care workers in Sichuan province of China. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data on health care workers' socio-demographic and work-related characteristics, work stress, psychological job demands, social approval, and workplace violence. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesized relationship among the variables. Results: The results showed that a total of 77.0% health care workers were exposed to workplace violence. Work stress was directly related to workplace violence (β = 2.167, 95%CI: 1.707, 2.627), while psychological job demands and social approval had indirect associations with workplace violence via work stress [β = 0.427, 95%CI: 0.297, 0.557; β = −0.787, 95%CI: (−0.941)–(−0.633)]. Both psychological job demands (β = 0.197, 95%CI: 0.139, 0.255) and social approval [β = −0.346, 95%CI: (−0.399)–(−0.294)] had direct associations with work stress, while social approval had direct association with psychological job demands [β = −0.085, 95%CI: (−0.136)–(−0.034)]. Psychological job demands mediated the relationship between social approval and work stress. Conclusion: Overall, decreasing workplace violence among health care workers requires to promote interventions to reduce work stress and psychological job demands by improving social approval

Environmental health · Health care · Job satisfaction · Occupational safety and health · Occupational stress · Poison control · Psychological intervention · Social support · Suicide prevention · Workplace violence · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Workplace Violence and Bullying · Social Work