Aim:To investigate the mediation role of social support in the relationship between a sense of coherence and the perception of professional interests among Chinese registered nurses.Background: Job burnout is become exceedingly common among registered nurses.Perceived professional benefits and a sense of coherence can help regulate nurses' negative emotions, reduce job burnout and turnover intention and increase nurses' subjective well-being. However, little is known about the mediating effect of social support on sense of coherence and perceived professional benefits. Methods: FromMay to August 2017, data from 765 Chinese registered nurses were collected from a 4-part questionnaire: general information, the sense of coherence scale, social support rating scale and perceived professional benefits questionnaire. The independent factors of perceived professional benefits were tested by multiple regression analysis. Structural equation model was used to study the moderating effect of social support.

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