Latent Classes of Personality Traits and Their Relationship with Workplace Bullying among Acute and Critical Care Nurses
Table 3
Distribution comparison of latent classes of personality traits among acute and critical care nurses with different demographic characteristics (n (%)).
Variables
C1 negative group
C2 flexible group
C3 neurotic group
C4 Stable group
F/ value
value
General demographic characteristics
Age (year)
30.26 ± 4.776
31.90 ± 5.816
28.59 ± 4.495
30.45 ± 5.187
3.082
0.028
Sex
7.012
0.072
Male
27 (49.1%)
6 (10.9%)
16 (29.1%)
6 (10.9%)
Female
97 (51.1%)
33 (17.4%)
28 (14.7%)
32 (16.8%)
Marital status
5.494
0.139
Married
77 (50.3%)
30 (19.6%)
23 (15.0%)
23 (15.0%)
Other
47 (51.1%)
9 (9.8%)
21 (22.8%)
15 (16.3%)
Level of education
6.256
0.066
Bachelor degree or below
118 (50.6%)
34 (14.6%)
43 (18.5%)
38 (16.3%)
Master degree or above
6 (50.0%)
5 (41.7%)
1 (8.3%)
0 (0.0%)
Average monthly income (RMB)
13.629
0.118
<4000
5 (38.5%)
2 (15.4%)
2 (15.4%)
4 (30.8%)
4000–8000
41 (50.6%)
12 (14.8%)
17 (21.0%)
11 (13.6%)
8000–10000
50 (61.7%)
7 (8.6%)
13 (16.0%)
11 (13.6%)
>10000
28 (40.0%)
18 (25.7%)
12 (17.1%)
12 (17.1%)
Work-related characteristics
Working years
6.142
0.407
≤5
45 (48.4%)
11 (11.8%)
23 (24.7%)
14 (15.1%)
6–10
46 (50.5%)
16 (17.6%)
14 (15.4%)
15 (16.5%)
≥11
33 (54.1%)
12 (19.7%)
7 (11.5%)
9 (14.8%)
Employment form
5.415
0.132
Tenure and personnel agency
10 (35.7%)
8 (28.6%)
4 (14.3%)
6 (21.4%)
Contract and labor dispatch
114 (52.5%)
31 (14.3%)
40 (18.4%)
32 (14.7%)
Professional title
13.137
0.041
Nurse
27 (47.4%)
4 (7.0%)
17 (29.8%)
9 (15.8%)
Senior nurse
70 (53.8%)
21 (16.2%)
21 (16.2%)
18 (13.8%)
Chief nurse
27 (46.6%)
14 (24.1%)
6 (10.3%)
11 (19.0%)
Weekly working hours
7.454
0.281
≤40
35 (42.7%)
15 (18.3%)
14 (17.1%)
18 (22.0%)
41–45
66 (56.4%)
15 (12.8%)
20 (17.1%)
16 (13.7%)
≥46
23 (50.0%)
9 (19.6%)
10 (21.7%)
4 (8.7%)
Number of monthly night shifts
34.357
<0.001
None
10 (28.6%)
13 (37.1%)
3 (8.6%)
9 (25.7%)
1–9
45 (57.7%)
17 (21.8%)
8 (10.3%)
8 (10.3%)
≥10
69 (52.3%)
9 (6.8%)
33 (25.0%)
21 (15.9%)
Note. P-values in bold are statistically significant for an alpha of 0.05.
