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- Title
The mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses in Taiwan.
- Authors
YU-HUI HSIEH; HSIU-HUNG WANG; SHU-CHING MA; Hsieh, Yu-Hui; Wang, Hsiu-Hung; Ma, Shu-Ching
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses, and the mediating role of self-efficacy.<bold>Material and Methods: </bold>This cross-sectional study was conducted among 385 nurses in Taiwan. Data were collected by means of self-report questionnaires, including the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Chinese Health Questionnaire, and the Employee's Turnover Intentions and Job Destination Choices Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and hierarchical regression analyses were used.<bold>Results: </bold>Bullying was found to negatively correlate with self-efficacy and mental health, and positively with an intention to leave. Self-efficacy positively correlated with mental health, and negatively with an intention to leave. Hierarchical regression showed that bullying and self-efficacy were significant predictors of both mental health and an intention to leave. Self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between bullying and mental health, as well as an intention to leave.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Self-efficacy acted as a mediator of workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses. It could protect victims from the devastating effects of bullying behaviors. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2019;32(2):245-54.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; BULLYING in the workplace; NURSES; SELF-efficacy; MENTAL health; CROSS-sectional method; BULLYING &; psychology; WORK environment &; psychology; ACADEMIC medical centers; INTENTION; LABOR turnover; QUESTIONNAIRES; JOB Descriptive Index; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
International Journal of Occupational Medicine & Environmental Health, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p245
- ISSN
1232-1087
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01322