August 1, 2025Open Access

Resilience Protects Nurses from Workplace Gaslighting and Quiet Quitting, and Improves Their Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece

IMIoannis MoisoglouUniversity of Thessaly AKAglaia KatsiroumpaNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens OKOlympia KonstantakopoulouNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Key Points

Resilience is linked to lower levels of workplace gaslighting in nurses, protecting their mental well-being.
Negative associations were found between resilience and both quiet quitting and abuse of power among nurses.
The study involved 462 nurses in Greece, using various scales to measure resilience, gaslighting, and work engagement.
Promoting resilience can enhance work engagement, suggesting interventions could boost productivity in nursing.

Abstract

Background: Although workplace gaslighting is an alarming issue, literature on predictors of this phenomenon is scarce. Objective: To examine the association between resilience and workplace gaslighting, quiet quitting, and work engagement among nurses. Methods: We conducted an online cross-sectional study with a convenience sample. We collected our data in Greece during December 2024. We used the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to measure levels of resilience in our sample. Moreover, we used the Gaslighting at Work Scale (GWS), the Quiet Quitting Scale, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-3 to measure workplace gaslighting, quiet quitting, and work engagement, respectively. Results: The study population included 462 nurses with a mean age of 36.80 years (standard deviation; 10.49). We found that resilience protected nurses from workplace gaslighting. After adjusting for gender, age, educational level, and work experience, a negative association was found between resilience and GWS score (b = -0.427, 95% CI = -0.551 to -0.304, p 0.001), loss of self-trust (b = -0.387, 95% CI = -0.514 to -0.260, p 0.001), and abuse of power (b = -0.461, 95% CI = -0.595 to -0.327, p 0.001). Moreover, our multivariable analysis identified a negative association between resilience and QQS score (b = -0.324, 95% CI = -0.415 to -0.232, p 0.001), detachment (b = -0.216, 95% CI = -0.325 to -0.107, p 0.001), lack of initiative (b = -0.419, 95% CI = -0.535 to -0.303, p 0.001), and lack of motivation (b = -0.396, 95% CI = -0.521 to -0.271, p 0.001). Additionally, we identified a positive relationship between resilience and work engagement (b = 0.506, 95% CI = 0.312 to 0.700, p 0.001). Conclusion: Our findings suggested the protective role of resilience against workplace gaslighting and quiet quitting in nurses. Moreover, we found that resilience improved nurses’ work engagement. Appropriate interventions should be implemented to improve nurses’ resilience to increase their work productivity.

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