ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
The impact of emotional labor on sleep-related worry among pediatric nurses in Chinese public hospitals: the mediating role of self-regulatory fatigue.
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- Prevalence of poor sleep quality and its associated factors in nurses: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Latent class analysis of sleep-related worry and its influencing factors among shift work nurses: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Patterns and Predictors of Self-Regulatory Fatigue Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Person-Centered Latent Profile Analysis.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Pediatric nurses frequently engage in emotional labor in their interactions with children who have difficulty expressing themselves and with anxious families. This practice is associated with emotional numbness and burnout, and may negatively affect the quality of care. While pediatric nurses are a high-risk group for emotional labor, the intrinsic associations among emotional labor, self-regulatory fatigue, and sleep-related worry in this population remain unclear. Aims: This study aims to examine the mediating role of self-regulatory fatigue in the relationship between emotional labor and sleep-related worry. Method: This multicenter cross-sectional study recruited 604 pediatric nurses from various medical institutions across China. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire, the Emotional Labor Scale (ELS), the Self-regulatory Fatigue Scale (SRF-S), and the Anxiety and Preoccupation about Sleep Questionnaire (APSQ), which was used to assess sleep-related worry. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, univariate analysis, and multivariate analysis were performed using SPSS 27.0. Mediation analysis was conducted using the PROCESS macro (Model 4) for SPSS 27.0. Results: Emotional labor showed significant positive correlations with self-regulatory fatigue ( Conclusion: The findings indicate that, among pediatric nurses, emotional labor and sleep-related worry are positively associated, and this relationship is statistically mediated by self-regulatory fatigue.
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