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Path analysis and the bootstrap method were applied to examine the relationships and mediating effects among the variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings demonstrated that perceived organizational support positively predicted thriving at work; additionally, both professional competence and psychological empowerment acted as simple mediators and serially mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and thriving at work.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study elucidates the internal mechanism by which perceived organizational support is associated with thriving at work, thereby filling a research gap related to mental health teachers, establishing a theoretical and empirical basis for future investigations, and providing actionable recommendations for school administrators to support thriving at work among mental health teachers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1820283","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T04:44:09Z","timestamp":1785905049000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["How perceived organizational support is associated with thriving at work: the chain-mediating roles of professional competence and psychological empowerment among mental health teachers"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Suizhi","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology, Hainan Normal University","place":["Haikou, China"]},{"name":"Adolescent Psychological Development and Education Center of Hainan, Hainan Normal University","place":["Haikou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhijun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology, Hainan Normal University","place":["Haikou, China"]},{"name":"Adolescent Psychological Development and Education Center of Hainan, Hainan Normal University","place":["Haikou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tangxia Junior High School","place":["Dongguan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","first-page":"982","article-title":"Mediated mechanism of thriving at work between perceived organization support, innovative work behavior and turnover intention","volume":"9","author":"Abid","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pak. 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