The relationship between psychiatric nurses' perceived organizational support and job burnout: Mediating role of psychological capital

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology 2023-02, Vol.14, p.1099687
• Main Authors: Tang, Yingxue, Wang, Yingxuan, Zhou, Haiying, Wang, Juan, Zhang, Rui, Lu, Qinghua
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: intermediary effect; job burnout; perceived organizational support; psychiatric nurses; psychological capital; Psychology
• ISSN: 1664-1078; 1664-1078
• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1099687

Psychiatric nurses need to keep close contact with patients suffering from mental illness. Because of the special nature of their profession, there is an increasing incidence of job burnout among psychiatric nurses. This study examined the relationship between psychiatric nurses' perceived organizational support, job burnout, and psychological capital. It also investigated the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between their perceived organizational support and job burnout. A total of 916 psychiatric nurses were recruited from 6 grade-III mental facilities in Shandong Province using the stratified sampling approach. Their data were collected and examined using a general demographic data questionnaire, The Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Perceived Organizational Support Scale, and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire. The total score of job burnout was 53.71 ± 16.37. Specifically, 73.69% of the nurses had moderate to severe emotional exhaustion, 76.75% had moderate to severe job burnout pertaining to depersonalization, and 98.80% had moderate to severe job burnout pertaining to personal accomplishment. Spearman's correlation analysis showed that both psychological capital (  = -0.35,