TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship between Occupational Stress, Mental Health and COVID-19-Related Stress
T2 - Mediation Analysis Results
AU - Foti, Giulia
AU - Bondanini, Giorgia
AU - Finstad, Georgia Libera
AU - Alessio, Federico
AU - Giorgi, Gabriele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic led to serious psychological consequences that negatively affect workers’ mental health, leading to post-traumatic symptoms. In this scenario, employees may be exposed to multiple stressors that ultimately drain their resources. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory (COR) and the stress–strain perspective, we analyzed the relationship between different dimensions of work-related stress and psychological distress in a sample of 294 workers in the industrial sector. Specifically, we hypothesized a series of mediation models in which the dimensions of work-related stress are associated with a lower level of mental health directly and indirectly through higher levels of COVID-19-related post-traumatic symptoms. The results partially support the hypotheses, showing that COVID-19-related trauma plays a mediating role between the stress experienced and the resulting decrease in mental health, except in the case of job control and colleague support. These results will hopefully offer insights into possible organizational interventions for the promotion of workers’ well-being in the postpandemic setting.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic led to serious psychological consequences that negatively affect workers’ mental health, leading to post-traumatic symptoms. In this scenario, employees may be exposed to multiple stressors that ultimately drain their resources. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory (COR) and the stress–strain perspective, we analyzed the relationship between different dimensions of work-related stress and psychological distress in a sample of 294 workers in the industrial sector. Specifically, we hypothesized a series of mediation models in which the dimensions of work-related stress are associated with a lower level of mental health directly and indirectly through higher levels of COVID-19-related post-traumatic symptoms. The results partially support the hypotheses, showing that COVID-19-related trauma plays a mediating role between the stress experienced and the resulting decrease in mental health, except in the case of job control and colleague support. These results will hopefully offer insights into possible organizational interventions for the promotion of workers’ well-being in the postpandemic setting.
KW - COVID-19
KW - mental health
KW - post-traumatic stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85153783186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/admsci13040116
DO - 10.3390/admsci13040116
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85153783186
SN - 2076-3387
VL - 13
JO - Administrative Sciences
JF - Administrative Sciences
IS - 4
M1 - 116
ER -