Effect of leader mindfulness on hindrance stress in nurses: The social mindfulness information processing path
- 6 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Vol. 77 (11), 4414-4426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14929
Abstract
Aim This study aimed to explore the influence of leader mindfulness on hindrance stress in nurses. Based on the social mindfulness framework, the mediating effects of nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ perspective taking and empathic concern and how they are moderated by mindfulness of nurses were investigated. Design A time-lagged cross-sectional survey was conducted. Methods The convenience sampling method was adopted. Data were collected at three time points from January to September 2020. A total of 393 paired datasets of nurses and their leaders were collected from 28 Chinese 3A grade hospitals. SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 were used for data analysis and hypotheses testing. Results (1) Leader mindfulness significantly reduced nurse hindrance stress. (2) Both nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ perspective taking and empathic concern mediated the relationship between leader mindfulness and nurse hindrance stress. Empathic concern was more effective than perspective taking in the process of leader mindfulness for reducing nurse hindrance stress. Nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ perspective taking completely mediated the relationship between empathic concern and nurse hindrance stress. (3) Nurse mindfulness moderated the relationship between leader mindfulness and nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ empathic concern but had no significant effect on the relationship between leader mindfulness and nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ perspective taking. Conclusion Leader mindfulness was an important interpersonal factor for reducing nurse hindrance stress. Nurses’ perceptions of their leaders’ perspective taking and empathic concern were pivotal mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of leader mindfulness. Nurse mindfulness is a situational factor that contributes to the effectiveness of leader mindfulness. Impact Hospitals can benefit from mindfulness interventions by improving the mindfulness of leaders and nurses. Nurse managers are encouraged to promote social mindfulness, which will enable perspective taking and empathic concern by nurses and thus reduce hindrance stress on nurses during the pandemic.Keywords
Funding Information
- Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China (19YJC790077)
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