Analyzing the Mediating Role of Responsibility in Explaining the Effect of Social Intelligence on Nurses' Happiness

Introduction: The outbreak of coronavirus disease has caused a lot of physical and psychological damage to medical staff, especially nurses, and has reduced their happiness. Therefore, this study was to analyze the mediating role of responsibility in explaining the effect of social intelligence on happiness in nurses of coronavirus wards. Methods: The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical sample of this study included 310 nurses in the coronavirus ward of Isfahan hospitals in 2020 who were selected by the multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using the Social Intelligence Questionnaire of Tet, Responsibility scale, and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. So, the data analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient test and structural equation modeling test using AMOS 26 software. Results: The direct effect of responsibility (β = 0.52 and P = 0.02) and social intelligence (β = 0.46 and P = 0.02) were significant in estimating nurses' happiness. Also, the indirect effect social intelligence (t-value=2.3) with mediating role of responsibility on nurses' happiness is significant. Conclusions: Considering the effect of social intelligence and responsibility on nurses' happiness, it seems that strengthening and teaching social intelligence and responsibility in nurses, to Cause increased their happiness and improved their care performance in hospitals.