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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1407206

Psychological resilience and intention to stay in nurses: the mediating role of perceived organizational support

Provisionally accepted
Jiangfeng Pu Jiangfeng Pu 1,2Waner Wang Waner Wang 1Gege Li Gege Li 3Zhanghao Xie Zhanghao Xie 4Ningjing Zhan Ningjing Zhan 1Yixuan Xu Yixuan Xu 4Huigen Huang Huigen Huang 1,2*
  • 1 Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
  • 2 Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China
  • 3 Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
  • 4 Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China

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    The main purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between psychological resilience, perceived organizational support, and intention to stay and to explore the mediating effect of perceived organizational support on psychological resilience and intention to stay in nurses.: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from August to September 2023 in which 1402 nurses from five Grade 3A Hospitals in Guangdong participated. The questionnaires used in the survey include the General Information Questionnaire (GIQ), the Chinese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Chinese version of the Perceived Organizational Support Scale (POSS), and the Chinese version of the Intention to Stay Scale (ITSS). The obtained data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and the mediating effect of perceived organizational support was tested through the PROCESS macro mediation model in SPSS.The overall mean of psychological resilience of nursing in five Grade 3A Hospitals in Guangdong is 60.54 ± 19.17, the overall mean of perceived organizational support is 45.77 ± 11.49, and the overall mean of intention to stay is 20.82 ± 4.65.Statistical analysis showed that there is a positive correlation between psychological resilience and intention to stay in nurses (r = 0.388, p < 0.01), between their perceived organizational support and psychological resilience (r = 0.570, p < 0.01), and between their perceived organizational support and intention to stay (r = 0.550, p < 0.01). The perceived organizational support of nursing has a mediated effect on the relationship between psychological resilience and intention to stay. The mediated effect value was 0.067, accounting for 71.28% of the total effect.The psychological resilience of nursing can have a direct impact on predicting the intention to stay and indirectly influences their caring behaviors mediated by perceived organizational support, with the latter effect being mediated by perceived organizational support. Therefore, nursing managers should have targeted interventions to enhance nurses' levels of psychological resilience and perceived organizational support, which could further increase nurses' intention to stay in their jobs, thereby improving the quality of care and creating a solid nursing workforce.

    Keywords: Nurses, psychological resilience, perceived organizational support, intention to stay, and the mediation effect

    Received: 28 Mar 2024; Accepted: 09 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Pu, Wang, Li, Xie, Zhan, Xu and Huang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Huigen Huang, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China

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