Work engagement, emotional disorders and conflict management styles in paediatric nurse: A mediating effect model

AIM: The mediating role of emotional disorders between conflict management styles and work engagement was explored based on constructing structural equation models in paediatric nurses. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional study. METHODS: According to a cross‐sectional survey, 300 paediatric nurses were selected from three tertiary hospitals (Chang sha, China), the data were collected using demographic questionnaires, the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory‐II, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. The Structural Equation Model was employed to investigate the mediating role of emotional disorders between conflict management styles and work engagement. RESULTS: Among conflict management styles, emotional disorders and work engagement, the associations were all significant (p < .05). In the mediation models, emotional disorders partially mediate the relationships between conflict management styles and work engagement (indirect effect 0.095, p < .01; direct effect −0.330, p < .01; total effect −0.330, p < .01) and between conflict management styles and work engagement (indirect effect 0.095, p < .01; direct effect 0.329, p < .01; total effect 0.424, p < .01).