ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1535603
This article is part of the Research TopicHealth and Psychological Adaptations to Life Challenges and Stressful Conditions - Volume IIView all 5 articles
Mediating Effects of Grit and Perceived Social Support Between Resilience and Post-traumatic Growth in the Emergency Room Nurses
Provisionally accepted
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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Emergency room (ER) nurses are frequently exposed to traumatic events, leading to mental fatigue and reduced quality of life. However, to overcome such events, some nurses exhibit positive psychological transformation and behavioural change, known as post-traumatic growth (PTG). This cross-sectional descriptive study examined the mediating effects of grit and perceived social support on the relationship between resilience and PTG among ER nurses. Data were collected from 182 ER nurses across seven general hospitals in Chungcheong Province, South Korea. SPSS version 26.0 and the PROCESS macro program (MODEL 6) were used for data analysis. The results indicated that resilience significantly affected ER nurses' PTG. Furthermore, grit and perceived social support mediated this relationship. The findings emphasise the importance of enhancing resilience, grit, and perceived social support to promote ER nurses' PTG.
Keywords: resilience, Post-traumatic growth, grit, social support, Emergency room
Received: 27 Nov 2024; Accepted: 28 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Hyung-Ran Park, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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