Bridging the Gap between Ethical Climate and Nurses’ Service Behaviors: the Critical Role of Professional Well-Being

The global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has caused an unprecedented impact on most areas of people’s lives. Thus, framed within the scope of Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0), this study aimed at assessing the psychological distress of adults living in Portugal during the first national lockdown, how they are coping with stress, as well to contribute to a deeper understanding about the role that positivity, experiential avoidance, and coping strategies have in psychological distress and well-being. For this purpose, 586 Portuguese adults (73% females) ranging between 18 and 78 years old (M = 38.96, SD = 12.20) completed an online survey during the initial phase of the pandemic crisis in Portugal. Findings suggest that experiential avoidance was the strongest predictor of a negative response (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and negative emotions), whereas positivity was a better predictor of psychological well-being and lower levels of depression. Additionally, self-blame, behavioral disengagement, and emotional venting were strong risk factors for psychological distress, whereas positive reframing, planning, and acceptance were associated with more positive outcomes. These findings highlight the critical role of experiential avoidance on individuals’ psychological distress and the essential contribution of positive life orientation in promoting flourishing. By offering a better understanding of the complex navigation through the dialectics between positive and negative life features, this study provides important and useful cues for psychological interventions directed at promoting a more positive and adaptive human functioning even through such potential adverse and painful life events.

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Chronic Pain and Chronic Stress: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Chronic Stress ◽

10.1177/2470547017704763 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 247054701770476 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Chadi G Abdallah ◽

Paul Geha

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Chronic Stress ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Internal State ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being

Pain and stress share significant conceptual and physiological overlaps. Both phenomena challenge the body’s homeostasis and necessitate decision-making to help animals adapt to their environment. In addition, chronic stress and chronic pain share a common behavioral model of failure to extinguish negative memories. Yet, they also have discrepancies such that the final brain endophenotype of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and chronic pain appears to be different among the three conditions, and the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis remains unclear in the physiology of pain. Persistence of either stress or pain is maladaptive and could lead to compromised well-being. In this brief review, we highlight the commonalities and differences between chronic stress and chronic pain, while focusing particularly on the central role of the limbic brain. We assess the current attempts in the field to conceptualize and understand chronic pain, within the context of knowledge gained from the stress literature. The limbic brain—including hippocampus, amygdala, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex—plays a critical role in learning. These brain areas integrate incoming nociceptive or stress signals with internal state, and generate learning signals necessary for decision-making. Therefore, the physiological and structural remodeling of this learning circuitry is observed in conditions such as chronic pain, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and is also linked to the risk of onset of these conditions.

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Urban nature as a source of resilience during social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic

10.31219/osf.io/3wx5a ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Karl Samuelsson ◽

Stephan Barthel ◽

Johan Colding ◽

Gloria Macassa ◽

Matteo Giusti

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Good Health ◽

Urban Nature ◽

Urban Populations ◽

Social Distancing ◽

The Public ◽

The World

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to everyday life that result from this are likely to impact well-being, particularly among urban populations that live in dense settings with limited public space. In this paper, we argue that during these extraordinary circumstances, urban nature offers resilience for maintaining well-being in urban populations, while enabling social distancing. We discuss more generally the critical role of urban nature in times of crisis. Cities around the world need to take the step into the 21st century by accepting crises as a new reality and finding ways to function during these disturbances. Thus, maintaining or increasing space for nature in cities and keeping it accessible to the public should be part of the sustainability agenda, aiming simultaneously to strive towards SDG 3 (good health and well-being), and SDG 11 (sustainable and resilient cities).

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Abusive supervision, occupational well-being and job performance: The critical role of attention–awareness mindfulness

Australian Journal of Management ◽

10.1177/03128962211037772 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 031289622110377

Author(s):

Dirk De Clercq ◽

Sadia Jahanzeb ◽

Tasneem Fatima

Keyword(s):

Job Performance ◽

Work Engagement ◽

Critical Role ◽

Abusive Supervision ◽

Well Being ◽

Jel Classification ◽

Buffering Effect ◽

Health Impairment ◽

Health Related

Drawing from the job demands–resources (JD-R) model, this study sets out to investigate two complementary mechanisms that underpin the connection between employees’ exposure to abusive supervision and diminished job performance – one that is health-related (higher emotional exhaustion) and another that is motivation-related (lower work engagement). It also examines how this harmful process might be contained by employees’ mindfulness, particularly as manifest in its attention–awareness component. Data collected across three points in time among employees and supervisors in different organizations show that the motivation-based mechanism is more prominent than its health-impairment counterpart in connecting abusive supervision with lower job performance. The results also reveal a buffering effect of employees’ mindfulness on their responses to abusive supervision. JEL Classification: M50

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Critical Role of Bionanotechnology in Healthcare and Society

Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch044 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 331-338

Author(s):

Shivani Choudhary ◽

Eliezer Geisler ◽

Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Keyword(s):

Health Service ◽

General Health ◽

Allied Health ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Broad Term ◽

Oxford Dictionary ◽

Area Of Study

Bionanotechnology is a combination of three terms: “bios” meaning “life,” “nano” (origin in Greek) meaning “dwarf,” and “technologia” (origin in Greek—comprised of “techne” meaning “craft” and “logia” meaning “saying”), which is a broad term dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity’s tools and crafts. Bionanotechnology is a term coined for the area of study where nanotechnology has applications in the field of biology and medical sciences. Healthcare is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the “care for the general health of a person, community, etc., especially that is provided by an organized health service.” Moreover, Healthcare can also be defined as the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions1.

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The Critical Role of Self-Compassion and Empathy in Well-Being

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education ◽

10.5688/ajpe7784 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 83 (10) ◽

pp. 7784

Author(s):

Daniel R. Malcom

Keyword(s):

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Compassion

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What makes happy counselors? From self-esteem and leader-member exchange to well-being at work: The mediating role of need satisfaction

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v15i4.1881 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 823-842

Author(s):

Par Eric Dose ◽

Pascale Desrumaux ◽

Jean-Luc Bernaud ◽

Catherine Hellemans

Keyword(s):

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Determination Theory ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Psychological Needs ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Leader Member Exchange ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Member Exchange

This study was aimed at examining the extent to which well-being at work is linked to self-esteem and psychosocial resources such as leader-member exchange (LMX). Drawing on self-determination theory, we looked at whether psychological needs (perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness) act as specific mediators between self-esteem and well-being, and between LMX and well-being. Two hundred and twenty four employment counselors (psychologists) from a French national employment office (Pôle emploi) answered a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Hayes and Preacher’s method for testing multiple mediations. The results showed that satisfaction of psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness mediated the links between self-esteem and LMX as inductors, and well-being as a criterion. These findings confirm the relevance of self-esteem and LMX for counselors, and of the importance of need satisfaction that plays a critical role in matters of well-being.

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