Latent Profile Analysis of Resilience and its Relationship With Empathy for Pain Among Chinese Clinical Nurses
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: PURPOSE: To explore the latent profiles of resilience among clinical nurses in China and the relationship between those profiles and empathy for pain. METHODS: This multicenter cross-sectional study, conducted between June and September 2023, involved 1,601 clinical nurses in Guangdong Province, China, as study participants. A general information questionnaire, the 14-Item Resilience Scale, and the Chinese version of the Empathy for Pain Scale were used. Latent profile analysis was employed to categorize the resilience of clinical nurses. Influencing factors of different resilience categories and their differences in empathy for pain were explored using unordered multinomial logistic regression and the rank-sum test. RESULTS: The resilience score of 1,601 clinical nurses was 75.00 (63.00, 84.00), and the empathy for pain score was 2.92 ± 0.79. Latent profile analysis revealed three categories of resilience: low-resilience group (20.9 %), moderate-resilience group (34.9 %), and high-resilience stable group (44.2 %). Educational level, only-child, personality, experiences of workplace violence, and work satisfaction were influential factors for these three categories. Additionally, regarding empathy for pain, the low-resilience group exhibited higher levels of body and mind discomfort reactions and lower levels of empathy reactions (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: The resilience of clinical nurses was categorized into three distinct categories, and significant variability was observed between these categories. The high-resilience stable group demonstrated the highest levels of empathy reactions and the lowest levels of body and mind discomfort reactions, whereas the low-resilience group performed the worst. Nursing administrators can thus formulate targeted interventions and policies based on the specific subgroup characteristics of clinical nurses' resilience to enhance resilience levels across different categories, reduce physical and mental discomfort, and improve empathy for pain capabilities, aiming to effectively enhance the mental and physical health of clinical nurses and optimize pain management.
Source: Asian Nursing Research
Authors: Yanling Huang, Bing Li, Sifen Jiang, Qian Liu, Kun Zeng
Institution: Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Language: English
Topic: Resilience and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,500
OpenAlex ID: W4410740328