Dong Xiaobo, Chen Mingxia, Li Jingjing
China Cooperative Research Institute, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, China.
School of Business Administration, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Apr 30;10(9):e30070. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30070. eCollection 2024 May 15.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous stress on health workers, exposing them to high levels of work-family conflict (WFC), which in turn affects their life well-being（LWB). To date, whether WFC is involved in the association between COVID-19 stress and the well-being of life has not been investigated. The purpose of this paper was to explore the connection between COVID-19 stress and LWB in Chinese nurses and to analyse the mediating role of WFC and the moderating effect of work centrality. The link between COVID-19 stress and LWB was examined by performing multiple regression analysis, common method bias analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis on data for 227 nurses.COVID-19 stress exerted a remarkable direct impact on nurses' LWB, and WFC mediated the link between COVID-19 stress and nurses' LWB. Work centrality moderated the link between COVID-19 stress and nurses' WFC. COVID-19 stress decreases nurses' LWB and increases their WFC, which also decreases their LWB. For nurses with higher work centrality, the connection of COVID-19 stress to work-family conflict was stronger. Hospital managers should focus on nurses' work-family balance and pay particular attention to the work-family balance of work-centered nurses to avoid compromising their LWB.
新冠疫情给医护人员带来了巨大压力，使他们面临高度的工作-家庭冲突（WFC），进而影响他们的生活幸福感（LWB）。迄今为止，WFC是否参与了新冠疫情压力与生活幸福感之间的关联尚未得到研究。本文旨在探讨中国护士群体中新冠疫情压力与LWB之间的联系，并分析WFC的中介作用以及工作中心性的调节作用。通过对227名护士的数据进行多元回归分析、共同方法偏差分析和验证性因素分析，检验了新冠疫情压力与LWB之间的联系。新冠疫情压力对护士的LWB产生了显著的直接影响，且WFC在新冠疫情压力与护士LWB之间起中介作用。工作中心性调节了新冠疫情压力与护士WFC之间的联系。新冠疫情压力降低了护士的LWB并增加了他们的WFC，这也降低了他们的LWB。对于工作中心性较高的护士，新冠疫情压力与工作-家庭冲突之间的联系更强。医院管理者应关注护士的工作-家庭平衡，尤其要关注以工作为中心的护士的工作-家庭平衡，以免损害他们的LWB。
