The mechanisms of social support and psychological resilience on the comprehensive wellbeing of healthcare professionals

Objective: To explore the influence paths and relationship effects of social support and psychological resilience on the comprehensive wellbeing status of healthcare workers. Methods: The social support rating scale, psychological resilience scale and self-administered comprehensive wellbeing questionnaire were used to investigate 696 healthcare workers in a hospital. Structural equation modeling was constructed using Amos 26.0 software to analyse the influence paths. Results: The total score of comprehensive wellbeing was positively correlated with the total score of the Social Support Rating Scale and the total score of the Psychological Resilience Scale, and the total score of the Psychological Resilience Scale was positively correlated with the total score of the Social Support Rating Scale. Psychological elasticity played a mediating role between social support and comprehensive wellbeing. Conclusion: The overall general wellbeing of healthcare workers in this hospital is average, social support and psychological elasticity affect the general wellbeing of healthcare workers, and social support can indirectly affect an individual's general wellbeing through psychological elasticity.