scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS FOR PROFESSORS IN BRAZIL AND CANADA

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 201-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA ALICE VILAS BOAS ◽  
ESTELLE M. MORIN
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Psychology ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Mean Differences

Mental health, an important object of research in psychology as well as social psychology, can be determined by the relationship between psychological well-being and psychological distress. In this context, we search to understand: “How do compare mental health of professors working in public universities in an emerging country like Brazil with the one of professors working in a developed country like Canada?” and “What are the main differences in the indicators of mental health in work domain?”. This paper assesses psychological well-being and psychological distress for professors working in these two countries and test for their differences. The sample consists of 354 Brazilian professors and 317 Canadian professors. Data were collected through an on-line questionnaire assessing the following mental health indicators: anxiety, depression, loss of control, general positive affect and emotional ties. We compared the components of psychological distress and psychological well-being to analyse their relations. Additionally, we compared these components with work-life balance indicator. Reliability analyses demonstrated that all tested components are consistent to evaluate mental health. There are small mean differences between Brazilian and Canadian professors in all five components of mental health, but these differences are not statistically significant. Mean differences for work-life balance, gender, age, and bias of conformity are statistically different, although the size effects are small. Linear regression analysis, step by step, controlled for life events, showed that general positive affect, anxiety and emotional ties predict 31.5% of the scores of work-life balance. Additionally, we observed that Brazilian professors find more balance between professional and private life than do their Canadian colleagues. Promoting mental health is a challenge for public management sector, thus, public managers and governmental organizations can beneficiate from the studies of social psychology to improve work performance and the quality of the services offered to the society as well as to assist employees to improve their personal and professional life.

scholarly journals WORK-LIFE BALANCE:IT’S RELATIONSHIP WITH STRESS, MENTAL HEALTH, LIFE AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS OF CHANDIGARH AND ADJOINING AREAS (MOHALI AND PANCHKULA).

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaspreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
General Hypothesis

The concept of Work-life balance is becoming more and more important in the fast changing working environment. Increased working hours have adverse impact on the lifestyle of huge number of people, which ultimately affects their social and psychological well-being. Work-life balance became an important area of human resource management, seeking attention from government, researchers, and professionals for providing innovative ways to improve employee morale, retain employees andby providing suitable ways to employers for facilitating a better Work life balance at the work-place. This study attempts to investigate the relationships between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. Four hundred bank employees (200males and 200 females) were randomly selected from Private sector banks of Chandigarh and adjoining areas ranging ageof 32 to 55 years. The general hypothesis stated in the reaserch pertains to the relationship between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. The possible effect of gender difference has also been considered in this study. To test the hypothesis, t –test and inter correlations were applied. Analysis of results reported sexdifferences on some of the variables where females scored significantly high on Stress; males score high on Work life balance, Mental Health and job satisfaction. Correlations results for the whole sample reveals thatwork life balance is significantly positively correlated with mental health, Job satisfaction and life satisfaction in males while work life balance is positively and significantly correlated with mental health and Life satisfaction in females. Job satisfaction is positively correlated with life satisfaction in males whereas; mental health is positively correlated with life satisfaction in females. Stress is not correlated with any variable in any group.

scholarly journals Learning from work-from-home issues during the COVID-19 pandemic: Balance speaks louder than words

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0261969
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Y. Chu ◽  
Thomas W. C. Chan ◽  
Mike K. P. So
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home

During the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, many employees have switched to working from home. Despite the findings of previous research that working from home can improve productivity, the scale, nature, and purpose of those studies are not the same as in the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied the effects that three stress relievers of the work-from-home environment–company support, supervisor’s trust in the subordinate, and work-life balance–had on employees’ psychological well-being (stress and happiness), which in turn influenced productivity and engagement in non-work-related activities during working hours. In order to collect honest responses on sensitive questions or negative forms of behavior including stress and non-work-related activities, we adopted the randomized response technique in the survey design to minimize response bias. We collected a total of 500 valid responses and analyzed the results with structural equation modelling. We found that among the three stress relievers, work-life balance was the only significant construct that affected psychological well-being. Stress when working from home promoted non-work-related activities during working hours, whereas happiness improved productivity. Interestingly, non-work-related activities had no significant effect on productivity. The research findings provide evidence that management’s maintenance of a healthy work-life balance for colleagues when they are working from home is important for supporting their psychosocial well-being and in turn upholding their work productivity.

scholarly journals DAMPAK SELF-ESTEEM TERHADAP PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING DIMEDIASI OLEH WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Epigram ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Banda Aceh

This study was conducted in order to see the relationship among work-life balance, self-esteem, and psychological well-being at work, especially in bank sector where work pressure is intense. 150 questionnaires were distributed to staff at banks in Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. The data analysis was calculated using SPSS 20. The results indicate that self-esteem affects significantly psychological well-being, meanwhile work-life balance enhances partially the affects between self-esteem and psychological well-being.

Taking a break: how taking a step back could reinvigorate your indexing career and work-life balance

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-317
Author(s):  
Dawn Dobbins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Working From Home

Freelance indexers, usually working from home, have a responsibility not only to run their businesses efficiently but also to take care of their physical and mental health. For any number of reasons they may at some point be forced to take a break from indexing. The latest in our series of occasional articles focusing on the working lives of individual indexers looks at how one indexer dealt with the challenges this posed and explains how taking a break and reassessing priorities can help to both reinvigorate one’s career and improve well-being. It concludes with some reflections on the implications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, living and working under lockdown, and the ‘new normal’.

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