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Dannheim I, Buyken AE, Kroke A. Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:700. [PMID: 37059975 PMCID: PMC10103039 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Occupational health interventions for leaders are underrepresented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When creating and developing effective occupational health interventions, identification of the specific needs of the target group is regarded as an essential step before planning an intervention. Therefore, the aim of this study was (1) to examine the subjectively experienced work-related stressors of leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises, (2) to explore coping behaviors leaders use to deal with the experienced work-related stressors, (3) to investigate resources supporting the coping process and (4) to identify potentially self-perceived consequences resulting from the experienced stressors. METHODS Ten semi-structured interviews with leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with content-structuring qualitative content analysis in accordance to Kuckartz. RESULTS Leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises experience various stressors caused by work organization as well as industry-related stressors and other work-related stressors. To address the experienced stressors, leaders apply problem focused coping behaviors (e.g. performing changes on structural and personal level), emotional focused coping behaviors (e.g. balancing activities, cognitive restructuring) as well as the utilization of social support. Helpful resources for the coping process include organizational, social and personal resources. As a result of the experienced work-related stressors, interviewees stated to experience different health impairments, negative effects on work quality as well as neglect of leisure activities and lack of time for family and friends. CONCLUSION The identified experienced work-related stressors, applied coping behaviors, utilized resources and emerging consequences underpin the urgent need for the development and performance of health-oriented leadership interventions for leaders in small and medium- sized IT and technological services. The results of this study can be used when designing a target-oriented intervention for the examined target group.
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- Indra Dannheim
- Regional Innovative Centre of Health and Quality of Live Fulda (RIGL), Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
- Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
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- Institute of Nutrition, Consumption and Health, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany
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- Regional Innovative Centre of Health and Quality of Live Fulda (RIGL), Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany
- Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany
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Wan J, Zhou W, Qin M, Zhou H, Li P. The impact of emotional leadership on Chinese subordinates' work engagement: role of intrinsic motivation and traditionality. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:323. [PMID: 36587226 PMCID: PMC9805679 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-01022-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Leaders' emotions and emotion regulation strategies influence subordinates' attitudes and behaviors, while previous studies have mostly taken an emotional perspective. Leaders' emotional competence also has an impact on subordinates through motivational and cognitive pathways. Based on self-determination theory, this study examined the impact of emotional leadership on subordinates' work engagement, as well as the mediating role of subordinates' intrinsic motivation and the moderating role of traditionality. METHODS We first performed a scenario experiment study in which 116 Chinese college students were asked to read experimental materials on different leadership behaviors and answer relevant questions. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was conducted, in which 347 Chinese enterprise employees were asked to rate their own experiences with emotional leadership, work engagement and intrinsic motivation. We used SPSS 25.0 for performance reliability analysis, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis to test the reliability of the scales and investigate the relationship between the variables. Bootstrap analysis was used to test the mediating and moderating effects. RESULTS Emotional leadership has a significant direct positive effect on subordinates' work engagement and positively influences subordinates' work engagement through the mediation of subordinates' intrinsic motivation. The effect of emotional leadership on intrinsic motivation is stronger for those with high traditionality than for those with low traditionality. CONCLUSION Emotional leadership can improve subordinates' work engagement by stimulating their intrinsic motivation. Therefore, managers need to be able to effectively regulate and manage subordinates' emotions to stimulate their intrinsic motivation and to differentiate the management of subordinates with different levels of traditionality to improve subordinates' work engagement.
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- Jin Wan
- grid.440711.7East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China ,grid.440711.7Research Centre for High Speed Railway and Regional Development, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China ,grid.440711.7Jiangxi Institute of Talent and Industry Integration Development, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China
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- grid.440711.7East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China ,grid.440711.7Jiangxi Institute of Talent and Industry Integration Development, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China
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- grid.440711.7East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China ,grid.440711.7Jiangxi Institute of Talent and Industry Integration Development, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China
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- grid.412508.a0000 0004 1799 3811Shandong University of Science and Technology, Taian, 271000 China
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- grid.440711.7East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013 China
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Hosseini Z, Homayuni A. Personality and occupational correlates of anxiety and depression in nurses: the contribution of role conflict, core self-evaluations, negative affect and bullying. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:215. [PMID: 36088398 PMCID: PMC9463792 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00921-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background The work environment and the fatiguing nature of nursing are risk factors that cause psychological disorders. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between role conflict, core self-evaluations, negative affect, and bullying with anxiety and depression in nurses. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on the nurses working in hospitals of Bandar Abbas, Iran over 4 months (August 2019–November 2019). Data were collected using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule scale, Role Conflict Questionnaire, Core Self-Evaluations Scale, Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised, Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Data were analyzed using t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using SPSS version 22 software and the significance level was considered 0.05. Results The findings revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between role conflict (r = 0.422, p < 0.01), negative affect (r = 0.715, p < 0.01), and bullying (r = 0.443, p < 0.01) with anxiety. Moreover, there was a significant negative relationship between core self-evaluations with anxiety (r = − 0.482, p < 0.01). Also, the findings indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between role conflict (r = 0.382, p < 0.01), negative affect (r = 0.672, p < 0.01), and bullying (r = 0.433, p < 0.01) with depression. There was a significant negative relationship between core self-evaluations and depression (r = − 0.603, p < 0.01). Moreover, regression analysis results revealed that negative affect, role conflict, and core self-evaluations predicted 54.3% of anxiety variance significantly. And lastly, negative affect and core self-evaluations predicted 53.3% of depression variance significantly. Conclusions Findings indicated that having high negative affect, low core self-evaluations, high role conflict, and exposure to bullying at work enhances the rate of depression and anxiety in nurses. Hence, it is essential to improve the mental health of nurses and thus the quality of care provided by them through recognizing suitable supportive strategies and interventions.
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Influence of Core Self-Evaluations on Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Informal Field-Based Learning and the Moderating Role of Work Design. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14095319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This study aims to examine the effect of employees’ CSE on their work engagement, along with its underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions. Based on the job demands–resources (JD-R) model and conservation of resources (COR) theory, we propose and test a moderated mediation model that examines IFBL as the mediator and work design as the moderator in the relationship between CSE and work engagement. We use time-lagged data from 231 employees to analyze the data. The results indicate that: (1) CSE is positively related to work engagement of employees; (2) IFBL mediates the relationship between CSE and work engagement; (3) problem solving reinforces the effect of IFBL on work engagement, which consequently enhances the mediated relationship between CSE and work engagement via IFBL. We further discuss the limitations and future research directions of this study.
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Lheureux F, Borteyrou X, Genet M, Medzo-M’engone J. The self as a stress-regulating factor: Core self-evaluations moderate the job demands-emotional exhaustion relationship. JOURNAL OF WORKPLACE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2022.2043160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Florent Lheureux
- Laboratoire de Psychologie (EA 3188), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie et d’Ergonomie Appliquées (UMR T7708), Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie (EA 3188), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie (EA 3188), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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Datu JAD, Rosopa PJ, Fynes JM. How does core self-evaluations relate to psychological well-being in the Philippines and United States? The moderating role of relational mobility. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02620-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ding H, Yu E. Strengths-Based Leadership and Employee Psychological Well-Being: A Moderated Mediation Model. JOURNAL OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/08948453211018807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Drawing upon ability-motivation-opportunity model, the present study attempts to inspect the association of strengths-based leadership with employee psychological well-being and the mediational role of employee strengths use and the moderating role of job autonomy in the linkage. Data were gathered using a three-wave survey from a sample of 308 employees working in a wide variety of organizations in China. Results of multiple regression analyses with bootstrapping procedure revealed that strengths-based leadership positively relates to employee psychological well-being even after controlling for employee core self-evaluation. In addition, employee strengths use was found to partially mediate the relationship of strengths-based leadership with employee psychological well-being, and this study demonstrated job autonomy to positively moderate the direct relationship of strengths-based leadership with strengths use of employee and the indirect association of strengths-based leadership with employee psychological well-being through employee strengths use. The present study advances strengths-based leadership and psychological well-being theories and research.
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- He Ding
- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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Schmalbach B, Zenger M, Michaelides MP, Schermelleh-Engel K, Hinz A, Körner A, Beutel ME, Decker O, Kliem S, Brähler E. From Bi-Dimensionality to Uni-Dimensionality in Self-Report Questionnaires. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Abstract. The common factor model – by far the most widely used model for factor analysis – assumes equal item intercepts across respondents. Due to idiosyncratic ways of understanding and answering items of a questionnaire, this assumption is often violated, leading to an underestimation of model fit. Maydeu-Olivares and Coffman (2006) suggested the introduction of a random intercept into the model to address this concern. The present study applies this method to six established instruments (measuring depression, procrastination, optimism, self-esteem, core self-evaluations, and self-regulation) with ambiguous factor structures, using data from representative general population samples. In testing and comparing three alternative factor models (one-factor model, two-factor model, and one-factor model with a random intercept) and analyzing differential correlational patterns with an external criterion, we empirically demonstrate the random intercept model’s merit, and clarify the factor structure for the above-mentioned questionnaires. In sum, we recommend the random intercept model for cases in which acquiescence is suspected to affect response behavior.
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- Bjarne Schmalbach
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Germany
- Integrated Research and Treatment Center AdiposityDiseases – Behavioral Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena – University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Sun P, Sun Y, Fang D, Jiang H, Pan M. Cumulative Ecological Risk and Problem Behaviors Among Adolescents in Secondary Vocational Schools: The Mediating Roles of Core Self-Evaluation and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction. Front Public Health 2021; 9:591614. [PMID: 33634064 PMCID: PMC7900623 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.591614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Based on the Cumulative Risk Model, a single risk factor cannot play a decisive role, but the cumulative ecological risks may have complex superposition effects on adolescents' problem behaviors. However, although many studies have investigated the specific influences of single external risk factors on problem behaviors, the effect of cumulative ecological risk on problem behaviors and especially the underlying mechanisms therein have been under-investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effect of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' problem behaviors, and the mediating effects of core self-evaluation and basic psychological needs satisfaction therein. To achieve this, 1,080 adolescents in secondary vocational schools were surveyed with the questionnaires of cumulative ecological risk, basic psychological need satisfaction, core self-evaluation, externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors. Results showed that: (a) cumulative ecological risk was positively related with both internalizing problem behavior and externalizing problem behavior; (b) core self-evaluation and basic psychological need satisfaction not only respectively but also sequentially mediated the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and two sorts of problem behaviors. These results provide some pivotal implications for the precaution and intervention of the adolescent problem behaviors.
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- Peizhen Sun
- Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Preschool and Special Education, Xuzhou Kindergarten Teachers College, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- International College, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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Goulart Júnior E, Cardoso HF, Alves TA, Silveira ADMD. Habilidades Sociais Profissionais e Indicadores de Ansiedade e Depressão em Gestores. PSICOLOGIA: CIÊNCIA E PROFISSÃO 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-3703003221850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Resumo A busca por profissionais comprometidos com o trabalho e que saibam estabelecer relações pessoais saudáveis e produtivas é o grande desafio atual dos setores de gestão de pessoas, que precisam investir cada vez mais em desenvolvimento humano e na qualidade das interações profissionais. Uma temática de análise que tem ganhado destaque nesse cenário é a de habilidades sociais profissionais. O presente estudo avaliou o repertório de habilidades sociais profissionais manifestadas nos comportamentos de 43 gestores atuantes em setores administrativos de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES) Pública, assim como os indicadores de depressão e ansiedade e possíveis associações entre os construtos. Foram aplicados os instrumentos: Inventário de Habilidades Sociais Profissionais de Gestores (IHSP-G), Inventário de Ansiedade de Beck (BAI) e Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI). Os resultados demonstraram que as categorias do IHSP-G com menores médias entre os gestores foram: Cumprimentos de Metas e Objetivos Profissionais, Gestão de Pessoas e Resoluções de Conflitos no Trabalho. Nos dados do BAI a pontuação média indicou ansiedade moderada, enquanto no BDI constatou-se a ausência de indicadores de depressão. Foram encontradas correlações negativas entre as categorias do IHSP-G e os instrumentos BAI e BDI. Pode-se formular a hipótese de que gestores habilidosos apresentam menores indicadores de depressão e ansiedade.
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Pujol-Cols L, Lazzaro-Salazar M. Psychological Demands and Health: An Examination of the Role of Core Self-evaluations in the Stress-Coping Process. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12646-020-00569-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Abstract. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of employee strengths use with thriving at work by proposing a moderated mediation model. Data were collected at two time points, spaced by a 2-week interval. A total of 260 medical staff completed strengths use, perceived humble leadership, self-efficacy, and thriving scales. The results of path analysis showed that strengths use is positively related to thriving, and self-efficacy mediates the relationship of strengths use with thriving. In addition, this study also found perceived humble leadership to positively moderate the direct relationship of strengths use with self-efficacy and the indirect relationship of strengths use with thriving via self-efficacy. This study contributes to a better understanding of how and when strengths use affects thriving.
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- He Ding
- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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Zuo B, Zhang X, Wen FF, Zhao Y. The influence of stressful life events on depression among Chinese university students: Multiple mediating roles of fatalism and core self-evaluations. J Affect Disord 2020; 260:84-90. [PMID: 31493644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have investigated the role of cognitive factors in the relationship between stressful life events and depression; however, few studies comprehensively considered cognitive and personality factors. Therefore, this study investigated the multiple mediating roles of fatalism and core self-evaluations in the relationship between stressful life events and depression. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 537 Chinese university students (Mage = 20.20, SD = 1.38) at two universities in Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. The independent variable was stressful life events; mediating variables were fatalism and core self-evaluations; and the dependent variable was extent of depression. Multiple mediation analysis was performed using the PROCESS macro in SPSS. RESULTS Significant positive correlations were found among stressful life events, fatalism, and depression, while core self-evaluations were significantly negatively correlated with stressful life events, fatalism, and depression. After adjusting for demographic variables, stressful life events directly and positively influenced depression (β = 0.370, 95% CI = 0.292-0.448). Fatalism and core self-evaluations played multiple mediating roles in the relationship between stressful life events and depression, with stressful life events influencing depression through three mediation pathways (total mediation effect = 0.199, 95% CI = 0.145-0.254), which accounted for 53.85% of the total effect. LIMITATIONS The data used in this study were self-reported by university students and measureed via cross-sectional designs. CONCLUSIONS Stressful life events can influence depression either directly or indirectly by simultaneously increasing fatalism and lowering core self-evaluations (parallel mediation) or decreasing core self-evaluations through increasing the level of fatalism (serial mediation).
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- Bin Zuo
- School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Social Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430079, China; Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Social Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430079, China; Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities, Xingyi 562400, China.
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- School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Social Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430079, China; Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities, Xingyi 562400, China
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Bipp T, Kleingeld A, Ebert T. Core self-evaluations as a personal resource at work for motivation and health. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Coomer K, Houdmont J. Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health. Occup Med (Lond) 2019; 69:366-371. [DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqz081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background
Work ability (WA) concerns the capacity to manage job demands in relation to physical and psychological resources. Core self-evaluations (CSE) refer to a composite personality construct comprising self-esteem, locus of control, self-efficacy and emotional stability traits. Studies have shown the independent contribution of WA and CSE to work outcomes, yet none has explored their additive contribution, when applied together, to identify workers at risk of impaired health and performance-related outcomes.
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The aim was to explore the contribution of WA and CSE to explaining variance in psychological distress and work engagement in a sample of UK manufacturing sector workers.
Methods
A self-report questionnaire containing validated measures of WA, CSE, psychological distress and work engagement was administered to employees in four UK manufacturing organizations. Bivariate correlations were calculated to identify patterns of relationships between the variables and hierarchical linear regression analyses performed to examine the incremental contribution of WA and CSE to the target variables.
Results
Analyses were conducted on data contributed by 311 workers (21% response rate). WA accounted for around one-quarter of the variance in psychological distress and around one-fifth of the variance in work engagement. The addition of CSE explained a further 10% (psychological distress) and 7% (work engagement) of the variance.
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These exploratory findings suggest that WA and CSE might be useful in the identification of workers at risk of poor psychological well-being and work effectiveness in UK manufacturing. Longitudinal sector-representative studies are required to establish the constructs’ predictive power.
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- K Coomer
- KC Business Health Ltd, Ingleside, York, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK
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Hentrich S, Zimber A, Sosnowsky-Waschek N, Gregersen S, Petermann F. Are core self-evaluations a suitable moderator in stressor-detachment relationships? A study among managers’ perceived job demands, detachment and strain reactions. Work 2018; 59:413-423. [DOI: 10.3233/wor-182687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Stephan Hentrich
- Centre of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation (ZKPR), University of Bremen, Germany
- SRH University of Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, BGW, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation (ZKPR), University of Bremen, Germany
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