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Table 2 Comparisons of variables based on the presence or absence of multiple roles

From: Do multiple personal roles promote working energetically in female nurses? A cross-sectional study of relevant factors promoting work engagement in female nurses

Variable

All subjects

(N = 612)

Subjects with multiple roles

(N = 262)

Subjects without multiple roles

(N = 350)

p

Median

Range

Median

Range

Percentile

Median

Range

Percentile

Min

Max

Min

Max

25

75

Min

Max

25

75

Personal resource (coping)

BSCPa

Active solution for problems

Range 3~12

9.0

3.0

12.0

9.0

3.0

12.0

8.0

11.0

9.0

3.0

12.0

7.0

10.0

< 0.001

Seeking help for solution

Range 3~12

9.0

3.0

12.0

9.0

3.0

12.0

7.0

10.0

9.0

3.0

12.0

7.0

10.0

0.073

Changing mood

Range 3~12

8.0

3.0

12.0

8.0

3.0

12.0

6.0

10.0

9.0

3.0

12.0

6.0

10.0

0.002

Changing a point of view

Range 3~12

7.0

3.0

12.0

7.0

3.0

12.0

6.0

9.0

7.0

3.0

12.0

6.0

8.0

0.206

Emotional expression involving others

Range 3~12

6.0

3.0

11.0

6.0

3.0

11.0

5.0

7.0

6.0

3.0

11.0

5.0

7.0

0.842

Avoidance and suppression

Range 3~12

6.0

3.0

12.0

5.0

3.0

12.0

4.0

7.0

6.0

3.0

12.0

5.0

7.0

< 0.001

Work domain

Job demands

Range 1~4

3.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

0.001

Job resources

Range 1~4

3.0

1.0

4.0

2.0

1.0

3.0

2.0

3.0

3.0

1.0

4.0

2.0

3.0

0.422

Work and family domain (Spillover)

SWING-Jb

WFNSc

Range 0~3

0.9

0.0

3.0

0.9

0.0

3.0

0.5

1.3

0.9

0.0

2.9

0.4

1.1

0.003

FWNSd

Range 0~3

0.0

0.0

2.3

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

2.3

0.0

0.5

0.088

WFPSe

Range 0~3

1.0

0.0

3.0

1.2

0.0

3.0

1.0

1.6

1.0

0.0

3.0

0.8

1.4

< 0.001

FWPSf

Range 0~3

1.2

0.0

3.0

1.4

0.0

3.0

1.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

3.0

0.6

1.6

< 0.001

Work Engagement

UWES-Jg

Total score

Range 0~6

2.6

0.0

6.0

3.2

0.0

6.0

2.0

4.2

2.2

0.0

6.0

1.2

3.3

< 0.001

Vigor

Range 0~6

2.3

0.0

6.0

3.0

0.0

6.0

1.7

4.3

2.0

0.0

6.0

0.7

3.1

< 0.001

Dedication

Range 0~6

3.3

0.0

6.0

4.0

0.0

6.0

2.7

5.0

3.0

0.0

6.0

2.0

4.3

< 0.001

Absorption

Range 0~6

2.0

0.0

6.0

2.3

0.0

6.0

1.0

3.7

1.7

0.0

6.0

0.3

3.0

< 0.001

  1. aThe Brief Scales for Coping Profile
  2. bThe Japanese version of the Survey Work–Home Interaction–NijmeGen
  3. cWork to family negative spillover
  4. dFamily to work negative spillover
  5. eWork to family positive spillover
  6. fFamily to work positive spillover
  7. gThe Japanese version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale
  8. p comparison of subjects with and without multiple roles using Mann-Whitney U test