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Dan X, Huang Y, Ren JH, Tian YL, He YL. Professional Nursing Practice Environment and Work Engagement: The Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Achievement Motivation. J Nurs Res 2023; Publish Ahead of Print:00134372-990000000-00068. [PMID: 37257016 DOI: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The shortage of nurses is a global problem. Increasing the level of work engagement is known to effectively reduce turnover rate among nursing staff. Strategies to improve work engagement based on the job demands-resources model may effectively improve nurses' job satisfaction and reduce staff turnover. PURPOSE A job demands-resources model was used in this study to test the hypothesis that work engagement is affected by both external resources (professional nursing practice environment) and internal resources (self-efficacy and achievement motivation). In addition, the mediating role of self-efficacy and achievement motivation in the relationship between professional nursing practice environment and work engagement was also verified. METHODS A cross-sectional survey employing a convenience sampling design was implemented. Five hundred fifteen registered nurses were recruited from four tertiary hospitals in Chengdu, China, from January to June 2020. The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Achievement Motive Scale, and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used to measure the four variables. RESULTS The results of the structural equation model showed that the degree of fit for each index model was good, indicating that all of the three variables, including professional nursing practice environment, self-efficacy, and achievement motivation, directly affected work engagement. In addition, the variable professional nursing practice environment was found to indirectly influence work engagement through the partial mediation of self-efficacy and achievement motivation. CONCLUSIONS The results may be used to guide health policymakers and nurse managers attempting to enhance the work engagement of nurses by providing a supportive working environment, improving the welfare mechanism, formulating a talent training plan, and fostering appropriate empowerment to improve the working environment, self-efficacy, and motivation in nurses.
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- Xin Dan
- MS, RN, NP, Department of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy for Gynecological Center Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University; and Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- PhD, RN, Associate Senior Nurse, Department of Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University; and Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- PhD, RN, Head Nurse, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University; and Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- MS, RN, Head Nurse, Department of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy for Gynecological Center Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University; and Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Legey S, Filho ASS, Yadollahpour A, Garcia-Garcia F, Imperatori C, Murillo-Rodriguez E, Nardi AE, Lima JL, Machado S. Health-Related Fitness as a Predictor of Anxiety Levels Among School Adolescents: An observational cross-sectional study. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health 2022; 18:e174501792208151. [PMID: 37274858 PMCID: PMC10156034 DOI: 10.2174/17450179-v18-e2208151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Background There is an inverse association between cardiorespiratory fitness and general anxiety levels in adolescents. Obesity also is associated with a higher risk of anxiety in this population. However, little is known about the association between other health-related fitness elements with anxiety symptoms in this population. The authors explored the relationship between health-related fitness and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of Brazilian youth. Methods This was an observational cross-sectional study with a sample comprised of 257 school adolescents, who were 136 girls (52.9%) and 121 boys (47.1%). The health-related fitness elements were evaluated by FitnessGram® test and anxiety levels by Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children - 39. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to determine the association between health-related fitness elements and anxiety symptoms in both sexes. Results In male adolescents, only the cardiorespiratory fitness was significantly associated with anxiety symptoms (F(1, 119) = 6.472; P = 0.012; R2 = 0.052; adjusted R2 = 0.044). In turn, the anxiety symptoms showed an inverse small relationship with cardiorespiratory fitness (r = - 0.227; P < 0.01). However, in female adolescents, no association was found between health-related fitness elements and anxiety symptoms. Conclusion The level of cardiorespiratory fitness may represent a marker of anxiety in male adolescents.
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- Sandro Legey
- Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Post Graduate Program of University Center of Anápolis (UniEVANGÉLICA), Anápolis, Brazil
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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- Biomedicine Department, Health Science Institute, Veracruzana University, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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- Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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- Laboratorio De Neurociencias Moleculares E Integrativas, Escuela De Medicina, División Ciencias De La Salud, Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, Mérida, Mexico
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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- Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Physical Activity Neuroscience, Neurodiversity Institute, Queimados-RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Physical Activity Neuroscience, Neurodiversity Institute, Queimados-RJ, Brazil
- Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México
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Ni WY, Ng E, Chiang YT, LePage BA, Yang FH, Fang WT. Examine the relationships between health-related quality of life, achievement motivation and job performance: the case of Taiwan hospitality industry. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:172. [PMID: 35831913 PMCID: PMC9281085 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00884-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Employees are considered as one of the most important assets in many organizations, and their health well-being is critical to help achieve a sustainable and motivated workforce that is committed to delivering quality hospitality services through enhanced performance and productivity. Given the extent of the challenges and impact presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to the hospitality industry, it is timely to gain further insights on employees’ health well-being. The key purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between health-related quality of life, achievement motivation and job performance in the Taiwan hospitality industry, to acquire a better understanding of their relationships through the job performance pathway models.
Methods This study has used a purposeful sampling technique to select the 10 highest-earning hospitality companies in Taiwan. A total of 292 questionnaires were collected from the employees of these hospitality companies. Based on the multi-dimensional concept of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), the relationships between the five key dimensions (i.e. psychological health, physical health, social health, achievement motivation, and job performance) were examined. To measure these dimensions, the survey questions were adapted from previous research such as the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF scale, Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Partial least squares - Structural Equation Modeling method was used to explore these dimensions, and two job performance pathway models (for manager and staff) were subsequently developed.
Results and conclusions Findings showed that psychological health directly affected the manager’s job performance and physical health had a similar effect through social health. While psychological health had not affected the staff’s job performance, but it could affect achievement motivation through both direct and indirect effects of social health. The pathway models that were developed indicated that the manager’s job performance was mainly affected by psychological health and social health, whereas the key dimension that had affected the staff’s job performance was achievement motivation.
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- Wei-Ya Ni
- Ph.D. Program in Management, Da-Yeh University, No.168, University Rd., Dacun, Changhua, 51591, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, ROC.,Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, USA
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- Department of International Business Management, Da-Yeh University, No.168, University Rd., Dacun, Changhua, 51591, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, ROC.
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Differences and Associations between Physical Activity Motives and Types of Physical Activity among Adolescent Boys and Girls. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:6305204. [PMID: 35686232 PMCID: PMC9173893 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6305204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Interventions aimed at motivation for physical activity (PA) are mostly beneficial, but the effects on preventing the decrease in PA are not entirely clear, especially in girls. The main aim of this study was to identify the differences and associations between PA motives and types of PA in boys and girls and between low and high motivated boys and girls. Another aim is to identify the types of motivation and PA that increase the likelihood of achieving PA recommendations and to propose ways of increasing PA among low motivated adolescents. The research carried out before the COVID-19 pandemic (2010–2019) and involved 2,149 Czech and 1,927 Polish adolescents aged 15–19 years. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form was used to identify the level of PA types, while PA motivation was examined through the Motives for Physical Activities Measure-Revised. During the ten years, a decline was observed in enjoyment, fitness, and social motives. An increase in appearance motives was observed in girls, while no significant changes were seen in boys. Boys showed a higher motivation for PA than girls in enjoyment, competence, fitness, and social motives, while girls were high motivated in appearance motives. The greatest statistically significant differences between low and high motivated individuals were found in the associations between recreation/vigorous PA and between all types of motivation in boys and girls in both countries. The strongest associations in both genders were observed between enjoyment/competence motives and recreation/vigorous PA. Respecting and using the associations between the types of PA motives and types of PA in low and high motivated boys and girls can support feelings of PA enjoyment, increase PA, support the achievement of PA recommendations, and positively affect adolescents' healthy lifestyles.
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