Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support

BackgroundClinical nursing teachers (CNTs) play a critical role in nursing education, and their psychological capital (PsyCap) acts as an intrinsic motivational resource to assist them in facing the challenges of clinical teaching.PurposeThis research aims to examine the diversity of PsyCap in CNTs...

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Main Authors: Yunling He, Dongxue Wang, Lining Wang, Rong Liao
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1527252/full
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description BackgroundClinical nursing teachers (CNTs) play a critical role in nursing education, and their psychological capital (PsyCap) acts as an intrinsic motivational resource to assist them in facing the challenges of clinical teaching.PurposeThis research aims to examine the diversity of PsyCap in CNTs and its associated influencing factors via latent profile analysis.MethodsA cross-sectional study of 322 CNTs was conducted using four scales, following the STROBE statement guidelines.ResultsThe levels of PsyCap among CNTs could be categorized as low (24.1%), moderate (53.6%), and high (22.3%) PsyCap. Moreover, with the multiple logistic regression analysis, there are significant effects of the length of nursing experience, fertility status, self-reported health, nursing practice environment, and social support on the different categories of the PsyCap of CNTs (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe majority of the PsyCap of CNTs was at the moderate level, with obvious classification characteristics, which are influenced by multiple sociodemographic factors, e.g., length of nursing experience, fertility status, self-reported health, practice environment of nursing, and perceived social support.
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spelling doaj-art-19b55d79cf2643d69453daa5ed6d9ff22025-08-20T02:26:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-04-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15272521527252Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social supportYunling He0Dongxue Wang1Lining Wang2Rong Liao3Second People’s Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, ChinaHarbin Medical University (Daqing), Daqing, Heilongjiang, ChinaHarbin Medical University (Daqing), Daqing, Heilongjiang, ChinaSecond People’s Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, ChinaBackgroundClinical nursing teachers (CNTs) play a critical role in nursing education, and their psychological capital (PsyCap) acts as an intrinsic motivational resource to assist them in facing the challenges of clinical teaching.PurposeThis research aims to examine the diversity of PsyCap in CNTs and its associated influencing factors via latent profile analysis.MethodsA cross-sectional study of 322 CNTs was conducted using four scales, following the STROBE statement guidelines.ResultsThe levels of PsyCap among CNTs could be categorized as low (24.1%), moderate (53.6%), and high (22.3%) PsyCap. Moreover, with the multiple logistic regression analysis, there are significant effects of the length of nursing experience, fertility status, self-reported health, nursing practice environment, and social support on the different categories of the PsyCap of CNTs (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe majority of the PsyCap of CNTs was at the moderate level, with obvious classification characteristics, which are influenced by multiple sociodemographic factors, e.g., length of nursing experience, fertility status, self-reported health, practice environment of nursing, and perceived social support.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1527252/fullclinical nursing teacherspsychological capitalpractice environment of nursinglatent profile analysissocial support
spellingShingle Yunling He
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Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
Frontiers in Psychology
clinical nursing teachers
psychological capital
practice environment of nursing
latent profile analysis
social support
title Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
title_full Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
title_fullStr Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
title_full_unstemmed Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
title_short Latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
title_sort latent profiles of psychological capital in clinical nursing teachers and their association with the practice environment of nursing and perceived social support
topic clinical nursing teachers
psychological capital
practice environment of nursing
latent profile analysis
social support
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1527252/full
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