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However, the mediating relationship among these three variables and group heterogeneity remain unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To explore the mediating role of psychological empowerment between role stress and organizational silence, and to identify different latent classes of the \u201crole stress\u2013psychological empowerment\u201d dyad using latent profile analysis, so as to provide evidence for targeted interventions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the Mental Health Center of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province in the northeastern part of China, 391 nurses were included in a cross-sectional survey. Subsequently, the mediating effect was first tested using the structural equation model, and then potential subgroups were identified using latent profile analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>(1) Role stress was positively correlated with organizational silence, while psychological empowerment was negatively correlated with both role stress and organizational silence. (2) Role stress not only directly affected organizational silence but also had an indirect effect through psychological empowerment, with psychological empowerment playing a partial mediating role and the mediation effect accounting for 23.6% of the total effect. (3) The role stress\u2013psychological empowerment dyad was classified into three latent classes, and organizational silence scores differed significantly across classes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Psychological empowerment serves as a partial mediator; the \u201crole stress\u2013psychological empowerment\u201d dyad demonstrates distinct classification characteristics. 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