Research Article

Associations of Occupational Stressors, Perceived Organizational Support, and Psychological Capital with Work Engagement among Chinese Female Nurses

Table 5

Mediating roles of PsyCap and its components.

Independent variablesMediatorsVigorDedicationAbsorption
(BCa 95% CI) (BCa 95% CI) (BCa 95% CI)

Extrinsic effortOptimism (, ) (, )
RewardOptimism0.009 (0.002, 0.021)0.009 (0.002, 0.022)
POSPsyCap0.196 (0.159, 0.234)0.199 (0.165, 0.238)0.130 (0.097, 0.164)
Hope0.100 (0.058, 0.144)0.106 (0.062, 0.151)0.089 (0.044, 0.136)
Optimism0.051 (0.021, 0.084)0.054 (0.011, 0.088)

POS: perceived organizational support; PsyCap: psychological capital; BCa 95% CI: bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval.
Age, marital status, and education were adjusted.