Table 3 The level and association of nurses’ perceived stress with work immersion and perfectionism and social connectedness

1. Perceived stress

39.83

8.29

1

2. Work immersion

42.77

9.73

-0.386 ^**

1

3. Social connectedness

86.69

17.47

-0.558 ^**

0.290 ^**

1

4. Perfectionism

82.05

16.13

0.269 ^**

0.242 ^**

-0.357 ^**

1

5. Negative perfectionism

58.52

15.35

0.335 ^**

0.172 ^**

-0.469 ^**

0.972 ^**

1

6. Positive perfectionism

23.53

3.81

-0.209 ^**

0.332 ^**

0.337 ^**

0.318 ^**

0.086 ^**

1