OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (13): 1768-1772.

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Mediating role of psychological capital in relationship between work connectedness behavior and work-leisure conflict among endocrinology nurses

ZOU Ke, LIU Xia, JIN Jing, YE Yunfang, TAO Xiaohui, MA Li()   

  1. Liyuan Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and Technology,WuhanHubei 430060, China
  • Received:2025-04-07 Revised:2025-07-21 Online:2026-07-01 Published:2026-07-14
  • Contact: MA Li,E-mail:Maru2025@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the current status of work-leisure conflict among nurses in the endocrinology department,analyze the mediating role of psychological capital between work connectedness behavior and work-leisure conflict,and provide objective evidence for reducing nurses' work-leisure conflict and improving clinical nursing work efficiency. Methods From January to February 2025,nurses in the endocrinology department of 10 grade-A tertiary hospitals in Wuhan City were selected as the research subjects by random sampling method(random number table method). The psychological capital scale,work connectedness behavior scale and work-leisure conflict scale were used to conduct investigation,analysis and quantification. The mediating role of psychological capital between work connectedness behavior and work-leisure conflict was analyzed by the sequential test method. Results A total of 176 nurses in the endocrinology department were investigated,and the scores of work connectedness,psychological capital and work-leisure conflict were (38.46±6.43),(90.86±18.46) and (58.76±10.28)points,respectively. The differences in work-leisure conflict scores were statistically significant among endocrinology nurses of different age,years of clinical nursing experience,professional and technical level,marital status,average monthly performance bonus and average monthly number of shifts(allP<0.05). The work-leisure conflict of endocrinology nurses was positively correlated with work connectedness(r=0.638,P<0.01),and negatively correlated with psychological capital(r=-0.592,P<0.01). The work connectedness was negatively correlated with psychological capital(r=-0.584,P<0.01). The psychological capital played a partial mediating role between work connectedness and work-leisure conflict of nurses in the department of endocrinology,with an effect value of 0.277,accounting for 46.01% of the total effect. Conclusion The endocrinology nurses have high levels of work-leisure conflict and work-connectedness behavior,the psychological capital plays a partial mediating role between work-connectedness behavior and work-leisure conflict,and improving the level of psychological capital and reducing the level of work connectedness behavior can significantly reduce the level of work-leisure conflict.

Key words: Endocrinology nurses, Work connectedness behavior, Work-leisure conflict, Psychological capital, Mediating role

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