The Relationship between Social Support, Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Humanistic Practice Ability among Clinical Nurses in China: A Structural Equation Model
Table 5
Results of mediation effect analysis.
Mediation effects
Estimated effects
SE
Bootstrapping 95% CI
value
Lower
Upper
Perceived social support ⟶ empathy ⟶ humanistic practice ability
0.402
0.048
0.306
0.492
0.001
Perceived social support ⟶ self-efficacy ⟶ empathy ⟶ humanistic practice ability