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Table 4 Standardized Path Coefficients of the structural model for the whole Sample and for the Multi-groups Separately

From: Relationship between psychosocial working conditions, stress perception, and needle-stick injury among healthcare workers in Shanghai

Variable		W to HPL	W to N	HPL to N	Model compare
Whole sample		0.78^**	0.40^**	0.31^**	p < .001
Gender	Male	0.75^**	0.41^**	0.32^**	p = .929
Gender	Female	0.80^**	0.40^**	0.30^**
Age group	≤30 yrs.	0.80^**	0.46^**	0.24^**	p < .001
	31–40 yrs.	0.82^**	0.35^**	0.38^**
	≥41 yrs.	0.69^**	0.32^**	0.34^**
Position	Physician	0.77^**	0.47^**	0.27^**	p < .001
	Nurse	0.81^**	0.32^**	0.37^**
	Technician	0.66^**	0.22^**	0.33^**
Variable		W to LSE	W to N	LSE to N	Model compare
Whole sample		0.10^*	0.63^**	0.06^*	p < .001
Gender	Male	0.06	0.64^**	0.01	p = .095
Gender	Female	0.12^**	0.63^**	0.08^*
Age group	≤30 yrs.	0.04	0.58^**	0.07^*	p = .012
	31–40 yrs.	0.16^*	0.66^**	0.01
	≥41 yrs.	0.03	0.60^**	0.09^*
Position	Physician	0.21^**	0.59^**	0.02	p < .001
	Nurse	0.03	0.62^**	0.05
	Technician	0.09^**	0.56^**	0.05
Variable		W to SP	W to N	SP to N	Model compare
Whole sample		0.78^**	0.39^**	0.32^**	p < .001
Gender	Male	0.75^**	0.40^**	0.33^**	p = .933
Gender	Female	0.80^**	0.40^**	0.31^**
Age group	≤30 yrs.	0.80^**	0.46^**	0.24^**	p < .001
	31–40 yrs.	0.82^**	0.35^**	0.38^**
	≥41 yrs.	0.68^**	0.32^**	0.34^**
Position	Physician	0.77^**	0.47^**	0.28^**	p < .001
	Nurse	0.81^**	0.32^**	0.37^**
	Technician	0.66^**	0.22^**	0.33^**

W = psychosocial working conditions, HPL helplessness, LSE low self-efficacy, SP stress perception, N needle-stick; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01

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