The mediating effect of psychological empowerment on the relationship between work environment and clinical decision-making among midwives: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients of NWES, PES and CDMNS Score (R, N = 520)

Variables	NWES	NWES1	NWES2	NWES3	NWES4	NWES5	NWES6	NWES7	PES	PES1	PES2	PES3	PES4	CDMNS	CDMNS1	CDMNS2	CDMNS3	CDMNS4
NWES	1.000
NWES1	0.920^a	1.000
NWES2	0.893^a	0.834^a	1.000
NWES3	0.828^a	0.709^a	0.703^a	1.000
NWES4	0.781^a	0.650^a	0.665^a	0.753^a	1.000
NWES5	0.763^a	0.660^a	0.664^a	0.629^a	0.662^a	1.000
NWES6	0.848^a	0.747^a	0.689^a	0.610^a	0.599^a	0.555^a	1.000
NWES7	0.838^a	0.731^a	0.721^a	0.706^a	0.660^a	0.589^a	0.685^a	1.000
PES	0.695^a	0.601^a	0.600^a	0.618^a	0.678^a	0.658^a	0.582^a	0.546^a	1.000
PES1	0.642^a	0.566^a	0.542^a	0.544^a	0.648^a	0.536^a	0.553^a	0.534^a	0.825^a	1.000
PES2	0.625^a	0.528^a	0.563^a	0.559^a	0.611^a	0.580^a	0.510^a	0.511^a	0.883^a	0.717^a	1.000
PES3	0.517^a	0.404^a	0.450^a	0.509^a	0.608^a	0.521^a	0.413^a	0.449^a	0.785^a	0.621^a	0.707^a	1.000
PES4	0.499^a	0.459^a	0.419^a	0.440^a	0.413^a	0.511^a	0.437^a	0.365^a	0.778^a	0.452^a	0.559^a	0.433^a	1.000
CDMNS	0.453^a	0.365^a	0.383^a	0.431^a	0.489^a	0.435^a	0.378^a	0.365^a	0.445^a	0.446^a	0.391^a	0.475^a	0.241^a	1.000
CDMNS1	0.392^a	0.320^a	0.334^a	0.381^a	0.417^a	0.395^a	0.323^a	0.318^a	0.428^a	0.409^a	0.376^a	0.424^a	0.278^a	0.879^a	1.000
CDMNS2	0.458^a	0.374^a	0.388^a	0.417^a	0.467^a	0.417^a	0.384^a	0.403^a	0.440^a	0.416^a	0.383^a	0.443^a	0.276^a	0.773^a	0.605^a	1.000
CDMNS3	0.374^a	0.304^a	0.314^a	0.361^a	0.412^a	0.366^a	0.323^a	0.285^a	0.361^a	0.363^a	0.314^a	0.409^a	0.180^a	0.893^a	0.709^a	0.603^a	1.000
CDMNS4	0.311^a	0.248^a	0.264^a	0.303^a	0.353^a	0.297^a	0.238^a	0.245^a	0.279^a	0.325^a	0.264^a	0.337^a	0.078	0.768^a	0.607^a	0.452^a	0.582^a	1.000

Abbreviation: (1) NWES: the scores of Nursing Work Environment scale; NWES 1–7: factor score of Nursing Work Environment scale representing "professional development," "recognition of value," "support and care," "Nurse–physician relations," "support and care," "clinical autonomy," "salary and welfare," and "staffing adequacy" respectively. (2) PES: the score of the Psychological Empowerment Scale; C-PES 1–4: factor score of Psychological Empowerment Scale, representing "meaning," "self-efficacy or competence," "self-determination" and "impact," "respectively." (3) CDMNS: the score of Decision Making in Nursing Scale, C-CDMNS1-4: factor score of Decision Making in Nursing Scale, representing "search for alternatives and options scale," "canvassing of objectives" and "values scale," "evaluation and re-evaluation of consequences scale," and "Search for information," respectively. ^acorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level

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