Mediating effects of psychological capital on the relationship between workplace violence and professional identity among nurses working in Chinese public psychiatric hospitals: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To examine the relationship between workplace violence (WPV) and professional identity among Chinese psychiatric nurses and the mediating effects of psychological capital (PsyCap) from this association.

Setting: Seven public tertiary psychiatric hospitals in Liaoning Province, China.

Participants: A total of 952 psychiatric nurses were recruited for this study.