TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents and Outcomes of Work Engagement among Psychiatric Nurses in Japan
AU - Kato, Yuichi
AU - Chiba, Rie
AU - Shimazu, Akihito
AU - Hayashi, Yuta
AU - Sakamoto, Takuya
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the FRANCE BED MEDICAL HOME CARE RESEARCH SUBSIDY PUBLIC INTEREST INCORPORATED FOUNDATIONS 2021 [grant numbers 029]; JSPS KA-KENHI [grant number 19K10923].
Funding Information:
We are grateful to TRDRP for their support; this work was funded by the University of California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP), award number 495024; We express our sincere gratitude to the students, parents, teachers, and administrators at the participating schools as well as our dedicated project Advisory Committee and Youth Champions without whom this work would not have been possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - While previous studies have examined antecedents and outcomes of work engagement among general nurses, studies among psychiatric nurses remain limited. This study aimed to explore the antecedents (i.e., job crafting and nursing practice environment) and outcomes (i.e., strength-oriented care attitudes, mental health, and turnover intention) of work engagement among psychiatric nurses in Japan. This cross-sectional study included 309 nurses from three psychiatric hospitals in Japan (valid response rate: 60.4%). Data collection using the self-administered questionnaire took place from July to August 2021. We performed Structural Equation Modeling to examine the directional relationships among variables. Job crafting (β = 0.57, p < 0.01) and nursing practice environment (β = 0.23, p = 0.01) exhibited positive effects on work engagement. Work engagement had positive effects on strength-oriented care attitudes (β = 0.15, p = 0.04) and mental health (β = 0.37, p < 0.01) as well as negative effects on intention to resign from their profession as a nurse (β = −0.17, p = 0.01). Job crafting and a healthier nursing practice environment could help enhance work engagement. Higher work engagement could contribute to improving strength-oriented care attitudes, mental health, and intention to resign from their profession as a nurse.
AB - While previous studies have examined antecedents and outcomes of work engagement among general nurses, studies among psychiatric nurses remain limited. This study aimed to explore the antecedents (i.e., job crafting and nursing practice environment) and outcomes (i.e., strength-oriented care attitudes, mental health, and turnover intention) of work engagement among psychiatric nurses in Japan. This cross-sectional study included 309 nurses from three psychiatric hospitals in Japan (valid response rate: 60.4%). Data collection using the self-administered questionnaire took place from July to August 2021. We performed Structural Equation Modeling to examine the directional relationships among variables. Job crafting (β = 0.57, p < 0.01) and nursing practice environment (β = 0.23, p = 0.01) exhibited positive effects on work engagement. Work engagement had positive effects on strength-oriented care attitudes (β = 0.15, p = 0.04) and mental health (β = 0.37, p < 0.01) as well as negative effects on intention to resign from their profession as a nurse (β = −0.17, p = 0.01). Job crafting and a healthier nursing practice environment could help enhance work engagement. Higher work engagement could contribute to improving strength-oriented care attitudes, mental health, and intention to resign from their profession as a nurse.
KW - job crafting
KW - nursing practice environment
KW - psychiatric nurses
KW - strength-oriented care attitudes
KW - work engagement
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U2 - 10.3390/healthcare11030295
DO - 10.3390/healthcare11030295
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147820074
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 11
JO - Healthcare (Switzerland)
JF - Healthcare (Switzerland)
IS - 3
M1 - 295
ER -
