Family supportive supervisor behavior and compassion fatigue of operating room nurses: the chain mediating effect of bidirectional work-family conflict / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the relationship between family supportive supervisor behavior and compassion fatigue of operating room nurses and the mediating role of bidirectional work-family conflict, that is, work interference with family and family interference with work.Methods:In November 2021, a total of 350 operating room nurses in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University were surveyed by convenience sampling method with questionnaires of self-made general information questionnaire, Work-Family Conflict Scale, Family Supportive Supervisor Behavior Short-Form, and Professional Quality of Life Scale.Results:Family supportive supervisor behavior was negatively correlated with work interference with family and compassion fatigue ( r= -0.211, -0.245, both P<0.01). Work interference with family was positively correlated with compassion fatigue and family interference with work ( r=0.383, 0.274, both P<0.01). Family interference with work was positively correlated with compassion fatigue ( r=0.249, P<0.01). There was no correlation between family supportive supervisor behavior and family interference with work ( r=0.040, P>0.05). The structural equation model showed that bidirectional work-family conflict had multiple chain mediating effects between family supportive supervisor behavior and compassion fatigue ( P<0.05), and the mediating effects were -0.082, accounting for 21.6% of the total effect. Conclusions:Family supportive supervisor behavior can directly or indirectly affect compassion fatigue through work-family conflict. Managers can adopt supportive human resource management policies by implementing family supportive supervisor behavior, to help operating room nurses flexibly balance work-family relationships and reduce role conflict, so as to alleviate the compassion fatigue of operating room nurses.