Exploring the mediating role of rumination on empathy and secondary traumatic stress in nurses: a cross-sectional investigation
Intrusive and purposive rumination sequentially mediate the association between empathy and secondary traumatic stress. Therefore, hospital administrators should monitor nurses' empathy levels and implement personalized interventions to reduce intrusive rumination and enhance purposive rumination, thereby alleviating STS.
Authors
- Yifei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5041-1284)
- Guiqiong Xie
- Chaoran Qu
- Yazhi He
- Bei Yun
- Yitong Cai
- Jingping Zhang
- Xiang Liao
- Jie Zhang
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Deyang Stomatological Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nursing
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-04285-1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00