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. 2025 Apr 16:16:1527252.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1527252. eCollection 2025.

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

Yunling He  1 , Dongxue Wang  2 , Lining Wang  2 , Rong Liao  1
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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

Yunling He et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Background: Clinical 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.

Purpose: This research aims to examine the diversity of PsyCap in CNTs and its associated influencing factors via latent profile analysis.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 322 CNTs was conducted using four scales, following the STROBE statement guidelines.

Results: The 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).

Conclusion: The 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.

Keywords: clinical nursing teachers; latent profile analysis; practice environment of nursing; psychological capital; social support.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The latent profiles of psychological capital among clinical nursing teachers.
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