The Effect of Work Connectivity Behaviors on Work-Family Conflict among Operating Room Nurses - The Mediating Role of Psychological Disengagement

Abstract Objective: To analyze the effect of work connectivity behavior of operating room nurses on work-family conflict based on the mediating role of psychological disengagement. Design: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Methods: A general information questionnaire, work-family conflict scale, psychological disengagement scale, and work-based communication tool usage scale were used to make an online questionnaire star questionnaire to survey 102 nurses in the operating room of a tertiary hospital in Guangzhou City using convenience sampling method, and a bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap test was used to analyze the impact of work connectivity behavior on work-family conflict and the mediating role of psychological disengagement in it. The mediating role of psychological disengagement. Results: The total scores of work connectivity behavior, work-family conflict, and psychological disengagement of the operating room nurses were (10.53±1.89), (55.29±10.03), and (10.61±3.21), respectively. Work connectivity behavior was positively correlated with work-family conflict (r=0.353, P<0.01) and negatively correlated with psychological disengagement (r=0.259, P<0.01); psychological disengagement was negatively correlated with work-family conflict (r=-0.293, P<0.01). The mediating effect of psychological disengagement between mind-work connectivity behavior and work-family conflict in operating room nurses was 0.049 (95% CI: 0.004-0.114), accounting for 15.8% of the total effect. Conclusion: Work-family conflict among operating room nurses was at a high level, and work-connecting behavior among operating room nurses positively predicted work-family conflict, in which psychological disengagement played a mediating role.