ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588917
This article is part of the Research TopicThe Intersection of Psychology, Healthy Behaviors, and its OutcomesView all 98 articles
The relationship between clinical nurses' feelings of und erqualification and work withdrawal behavior: the multi ple mediating roles of self-disgust and self-efficacy
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- 2Qingdao Mental Health Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
- 3Weifang Traditional Chinese Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China
- 4Jinan maternal and child Health Care Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, ji nan, China
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ABSTRACTPurpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of three variables—feelings of underqualification, self-disgust, and self-efficacy—on work withdrawal behavior, with the aim of drawing attention to the mental health of nurses.Methods: A total of 300 nurses were recruited in Shandong Province, China for the survey. Participants completed the General Information Questionnaire, the Perceived Inadequate Qualifications Scale, the Work Withdrawal Behavior Scale, the Self-Disgust Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. The potential relationships between these variables were explored.Results: The work withdrawal behavior of nurses in this study is characterized as being at a lower middle level. work withdrawal behavior was positively correlated with feelings of underqualification and self-disgust, while showing a negative correlation with self-efficacy. Self-disgust and self-efficacy indirectly influence perceived underqualification and work withdrawal behavior. Both the mediating effect and the chain mediating effect were found to be significant.Conclusions: Self-disgust and feelings of underqualification can aggravate the work withdrawal behavior of nurses, while improving self-efficacy can help reduce this behavior. Nursing managers should create opportunities for skill development, prioritize the physical and mental health of nurses, and take steps to minimize work withdrawal behavior, thereby improving the quality of clinical nursing.
Keywords: Nurses, Underqualification, Work withdrawal behavior, Self-disgust, self-efficacy, Mediation analysis, Nursing
Received: 06 Mar 2025; Accepted: 30 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, Li, Fan, Yuan, Cuixia, Shen and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Lin Cuixia, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
Yan Shen, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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