title: Workplace Violence and Job Performance among Community Healthcare Workers in China: The Mediator Role of Quality of Life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the impact of workplace violence on job performance and quality of life of community healthcare workers in China, especially the relationship of these three variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  From December 2013 to April 2014, a total of 1404 healthcare workers were recruited by using the random cluster sampling method from Community Health Centers in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The workplace violence scale, the job performance scale and the quality of life scale (SF-36) were self-administered. The structural equation model constructed by Amos 17.0 was employed to assess the relationship among these variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study found that 51.64% of the respondents had an experience of workplace violence. It was found that both job performance and quality of life had a negative correlation with workplace violence. A positive association was identified between job performance and quality of life. The path analysis showed the total effect (β = -0.243) of workplace violence on job performance consisted of a direct effect (β = -0.113) and an indirect effect (β = -0.130), which was mediated by quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Workplace violence among community healthcare workers is prevalent in China. The workplace violence had negative effects on the job performance and quality of life of CHCs' workers. The study suggests that improvement in the quality of life may lead to an effective reduction of the damages in job performance caused by workplace violence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. linweiquan0503@163.com.
authors.forename: Wei-Quan
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Baoan Center Hospital of Shenzhen, 6 Xiyuan Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518102, China. WuJiang731@163.com.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. yuanlexin2015@163.com.
authors.forename: Le-Xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Baoan Center Hospital of Shenzhen, 6 Xiyuan Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518102, China. pocoo@126.com.
authors.forename: Sheng-Chao
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, School of Nursing, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China. jing53905@163.com.
authors.forename: Meng-Juan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. zhanghuishan_25@163.com.
authors.forename: Hui-Shan
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. baby.luo.2008@163.com.
authors.forename: Jia-Li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. gz-leizeng@163.com.
authors.forename: Yi-Xiong
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China. peixi001@163.com.|Institute of Public Health, School of Nursing, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China. peixi001@163.com.
authors.forename: Pei-Xi
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003153:Community Health Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000066477:Work Performance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: community healthcare worker; job performance; mediator; quality  of life; workplace violence