The Association between Job Stress and Emotional Problems in Mainland Chinese Kindergarten Teachers: The Mediation of Self-Control and the Moderation of Perceived Social Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhouxing Li ◽  
Jian-Bin Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Chinese Kindergarten

Pathways to Adolescents’ Flourishing: Linking Self-Control Skills and Positivity Ratio Through Social Support

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hod Orkibi ◽  
Liat Hamama ◽  
Belle Gavriel-Fried ◽  
Tammie Ronen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
High Ratio ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Perceived Availability ◽  
Positivity Ratio ◽  
Classmate Support

This study focused on the ability to experience a high ratio of positive to negative emotions in 807 Israeli adolescents aged 12 to 15 years (50% girls). While considering possible gender differences, we tested a model positing that adolescents’ self-control skills would link to their positivity ratio and indirectly through perceived social support from parents and classmates. Parental support was significantly higher than classmate support, and girls scored significantly higher than boys on self-control skills and on both support sources. Self-control skills linked directly with positivity ratio and indirectly through parents’ and classmates’ support, with no gender differences found for the overall model. The study highlights the importance of prevention and treatment programs designed to impart adolescents with prosocial self-control skills, to improve their perceived availability of social support and consequently to increase their positivity ratio during this intense developmental period.

scholarly journals Work Engagement and Associated Factors Among Dental Nurses in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujing Wang ◽  
Yuqin Gao ◽  
Yang Xun
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Abstract Aim: To identify the level of work engagement among dental nurses in China and explore the correlation between work engagement and psychological characteristics.Background: Work engagement is affected by many factors, level of work engagement among dental nurses is unknown.Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 215 dental nurses. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9), Chinese Nurse Stressors Scale (CNSS), Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (WAAQ), Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS) were applied to measure Chinese nurses’ work engagement, job stress, psychological flexibility, perceived social support and subjective well-being respectively. Univariate analysis was used to identify the relationships of work engagement with demographic and psychological characteristics. Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to test the variance in work engagement accounted for by factors related to work engagement in the univariate analysis.Results: The level of work engagement in Chinese dental nurses was moderate or above. Work engagement was positively associated with perceived social support, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being but negatively correlated with job stress. The hierarchical regression analysis showed that job stress, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being were significantly correlated with work engagement, which explained 36.2% of the variance in work engagement.Conclusions: Dental nurses in China had an acceptable level of work engagement in terms of vigour, dedication and absorption. Increased job stress would result in lower work engagement. Nurses who had higher levels of psychological flexibility and subjective well-being also had higher work engagement. We should emphasize the job stress of nurses, strengthen support for organizational culture, create a good work environment and interpersonal relationships, relieve nurses’ job stress, improve nurses’ levels of subjective well-being, and thus improve nurses’ work engagement levels.

scholarly journals Work engagement and associated factors among dental nurses in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujing Wang ◽  
Yuqin Gao ◽  
Yang Xun
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Abstract Background Work engagement is affected by many factors. The level of work engagement among dental nurses is unknown. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 215 dental nurses. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Chinese Nurse Stressors Scale, Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and General Well-Being Schedule were applied to measure Chinese nurses’ work engagement, job stress, psychological flexibility, perceived social support and subjective well-being, respectively. Univariate analysis was used to identify the relationships of work engagement with demographic and psychological characteristics. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was applied to test the variance in work engagement accounted for by factors related to work engagement in the univariate analysis. Results The level of work engagement among Chinese dental nurses was moderate or above. Work engagement was positively associated with perceived social support, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being but negatively correlated with job stress. The hierarchical regression analysis showed that age, job stress, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being were significantly correlated with work engagement, though perceived social support was not, all of those psychological variables together explained 34.7% of the variance in work engagement. Conclusions Dental nurses in China had an acceptable level of work engagement in terms of vigour, dedication and absorption. Increased job stress resulted in lower work engagement. Nurses who had higher levels of perceived social support, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being also had higher work engagement. It is necessary to understand the job stress of nurses, strengthen nurses’ social support, relieve nurses’ job stress, improve nurses’ psychological flexibility and subjective well-being, which will improve nurses’ work engagement levels.

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