scholarly journals Family violence and mental health in a sample of Finnish health care professionals: the mediating role of perceived sleep quality

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-243
Author(s):  
Heli P. Siltala ◽  
Juha M. Holma ◽  
Maria Hallman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Sleep Quality

The role of perceived sleep quality in the relationship between PTSD symptoms and general mental health

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
D.R. Strasshofer ◽  
M.L. Pacella ◽  
L.A. Irish ◽  
P.A. Palmieri ◽  
D.M. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perceived Sleep Quality

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence as a Mediator between Subjective Sleep Quality and Depression during the Confinement Due to COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8837
Author(s):  
María Pilar Salguero-Alcañiz ◽  
Ana Merchán-Clavellino ◽  
Jose Ramón Alameda-Bailén
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Subjective Sleep Quality ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perceived Sleep Quality

In March of 2020, as a consequence of the health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus, the State of Alarm and home confinement of the entire population was imposed in Spain. It is foreseeable that this exceptional situation will have psychological effects on citizens. In this work, the impact of confinement on perceived sleep quality and depression is evaluated through questionnaires, as well as the mediating role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in this relationship. Our results show, firstly, higher prevalence of depressive symptoms in women and young people associated with poorer perceived sleep quality, and secondly, that Emotional Intelligence intervenes as a mediator in this relationship through three different pathways. Worse perceived quality of sleep causes a greater number of depressive symptoms. In addition, this direct relationship may be enhanced by the mediating role of Emotional Intelligence, which we can express in three different ways: low perceived sleep quality and high emotional attention lead to greater depression; low perceived sleep quality and low emotional clarity increase greater symptoms of depression; and low perceived sleep quality together with low clarity and low emotional repair increase levels of depression. Therefore, we can conclude that improving the skills involved in Emotional Intelligence might increase perceived sleep quality, and thus reduce depressive symptoms, which in turn may improve the quality of life.

scholarly journals Health-Care Professionals Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Emotional Intelligence May Enhance Work Performance Traversing the Mediating Role of Work Engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 4077
Author(s):  
Martin Sanchez-Gomez ◽  
Max Sadovyy ◽  
Edgar Breso
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Care Workers

Upon the eruption of COVID-19, frontline health-care workers confronted substantial workload and stress along with braving additional difficulties when performing at work. The main aim of this research was to assess the mediating role of work engagement in the direct impact of emotional intelligence on health-care professionals’ work performance. A cross-sectional study was conducted in several Spanish hospitals during the second half of 2020. A total of 1549 health-care workers (62.1% women; mean age 36.51 years) filled the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire. Our findings demonstrated that work engagement plays a mediating effect between emotional intelligence and work performance, even when accounting for sociodemographic variables. Indeed, among the three constructs of engagement, vigor dimension (a1b1 = 0.09; CI: 0.06; 0.12; p < 0.01) emerges over dedication (a2b2 = 0.083; CI = 0.05, 0.1; p < 0.01) and absorption (a3b3 = 0.047; CI = 0.02, 0.07; p < 0.01) as the most decisive one. Herewith, it is apparent that professionals with a higher self-perception of emotional intelligence report stronger levels of engagement, thereby leading to greater performance overall. The present work evinces the necessity for proactively developing the emotional competencies of the health-care workforce, especially in high-emotional demand contexts.

scholarly journals Anxiety, trauma and well-being in health-care professionals during COVID-19 first wave in Spain: the moderating role of personal protection equipment availability

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Bajo ◽  
Pilar Gallego ◽  
Maria Stavraki ◽  
Grigorios Lamprinakos ◽  
Pablo Luna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Mental Health ◽  
Personal Protection ◽  
Personal Protection Equipment ◽  
Equipment Availability

Abstract Background The effect of COVID-19 on Health-Care Professionals’ mental health has received increased attention in the last year’s literature. However, previous studies essentially evaluated psychopathological symptoms and not the presence of positive mental health. Therefore, the first objective of the present research is to evaluate health-care professionals’ mental illness (i.e., anxiety and traumatic intensity) and positive mental health (i.e., well-being) using the Complete State Model of Health. Our second objective is to study the effect of Personal Protection Equipment availability on professionals’ mental health. Methods Two-hundred and thirty-two health-care professionals working in Spain in the first line of COVID-19 patient care participated in the study. To measure anxiety, traumatic intensity and well-being participants completed the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Davidson Trauma Scale, and the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form. Pearson correlations were used to examine the relationships between all scales. In order to test the two continua model of mental health, we used parallel analysis and exploratory factor analysis. To analyze anxiety, traumatic intensity, and well-being differences between health-care professionals with and without Personal Protection Equipment availability we conducted different ANOVAS. To test our hypothesis regarding the moderating role of Personal Protection Equipment availability in the effect of mental illness on positive mental health, data were subjected to a hierarchical regression analysis. Results As in previous studies, health-care professionals showed high levels of anxiety and traumatic intensity. They also presented low levels of well-being indicators. According to our hypothesis, results of parallel analysis and exploratory factorial analysis indicated that the measures of mental illness and positive mental health loaded on separate but correlated factors. Finally, Personal Protection Equipment availability moderated the effects of state anxiety and traumatic intensity on professionals’ well-being. Conclusions Health-care professionals’ mental illness and positive mental health reflect distinct continua, rather than the extreme ends of a single spectrum. Therefore, it is essential to measure both psychopathology and the presence of positive health to comprehensively evaluate professionals’ mental health. Finally, our results indicated that Personal Protection Equipment availability is essential not only for professionals’ physical health, but also for their mental health.

scholarly journals Structural empowerment and mental health in healthcare professionals: The role of civility

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Luísa Ribeiro ◽  
Rute Brites ◽  
Tito Laneiro ◽  
Amanda Lai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Positive Effect

Quality of the work environment is a factor that promotes workers’ mental health and it’s a present concern for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. There is a need to understand the factors that can promote better mental health at work and under which circumstances structural empowerment represents a working environment that allows workers’ development, low rates of incivility and positive effects on mental health. The present study aims to verify in which conditions structural empowerment has a positive effect on workers’ mental health, through the mediating role of civility. To that purpose, we have applied the Portuguese versions of WCS, CWEQ-II and the mental health scale from MOS SF-36v2 to a sample of 303 health care professionals in a public-private hospital located in the Greater Lisbon. The results of this study reveal that structural empowerment has a direct positive effect both on workers’ mental health and on workplace civility. However, the indirect effect of structural empowerment on mental health through civility is only effective for health professionals with longer tenure.

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