The impact of social support and self- efficacy on resilience in nurses exposed to workplace violence: a cross-sectional study in Southwest China

Aim: This study aims to investigate the current situation of workplace violence, social support, and resilience among nurses in underdeveloped regions of China, and explore the mediating role of social support, as well as the influencing factors on the resilience of nurses who have experienced workplace violence.Methods: Personal Information Form, Hospital Workplace Violence Questionnaire, Resilience Assessment Scale for Medical Staff, GSES and SSRS were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and mediating effect analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: The research data showed that the incidence of WPV was 50.1% in two regions of Yunnan Province. There are multiple personal basic characteristic factors that affect the social support of nurses exposed to WPV. However, self-efficacy, marital status, and social support were the main influencing factors on resilience among nurses exposed to workplace violence. Social support partially mediated the impact of self-efficacy on resilience (indirect path: 17.86%).Conclusions: Social support and self-efficacy can significantly positively affect the resilience of nurses exposed to workplace violence, and social support plays a certain mediating role. In addition, marital status is one of the important factors affecting the resilience of nurses exposed to workplace violence, and attention should be paid to giving nurses more family time.