Testing psychological hardiness as a mediator between job satisfaction and mental workload among healthcare personnel in obstetrics and gynecology

Testing psychological hardiness as a mediator between job satisfaction and mental workload among healthcare personnel in obstetrics and gynecology. Download PDF Abstract The relationships among job satisfaction, psychological hardiness, and mental workload among healthcare personnel working in gynecology and obstetrics clinics remain insufficiently understood. This cross-sectional study included 183 healthcare professionals working in gynecology and obstetrics clinics at a training and research hospital in eastern Turkey.

Data were collected using a sociodemographic form, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Mental Workload Scale, and the Psychological Hardiness Scale. The proposed mediation model was examined using observed-variable path analysis with maximum likelihood estimation and 5,000 bootstrap resamples. Job satisfaction was positively associated with psychological hardiness (β = 0.439, p < 0.001) and negatively associated with mental workload after accounting for psychological hardiness (β = −0.276, p < 0.001).

Psychological hardiness was not significantly associated with mental workload after accounting for job satisfaction (β = 0.094, p = 0.240). The indirect effect was not statistically significant (B = 0.025, bias-corrected bootstrap 95% CI: −0.019 to 0.076, p = 0.228).

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