Job satisfaction and work engagement in geriatric psychiatric nursing assistants: the mediating role of psychological resilience in a cross-sectional study at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the mediating role of psychological resilience between job satisfaction and work engagement in geriatric psychiatric nursing assistants.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study enrolled nursing assistants who had worked in the Department of Geriatric Psychiatry of a tertiary psychiatric hospital between January 2023 and March 2024. Recruitment and data collection were conducted in April-May 2024 after ethics approval was obtained on 3 April 3, 2024.

Participants

A total of 206 nursing assistants were included, with 137 females (66.5%) and 147 individuals (71.4%) aged 50-59 years.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionna

SUBMITTER: Yuan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593506 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature