Psychische Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt – Wissenschaftliche Standortbestimmung

Mental health problems have become one of the most common causes of incapacity for work, and engender high costs to society. Especially managerial behavior was found to have a great impact on employees' well-being. In order to support those in leading positions in dealing with their own, as well as their employees', psychological stress factors, we conducted a specific manager training. At the same time, we wanted to find out about the training's short-and long-term effects. Participants were asked to give information about their knowledge and attitudes concerning mental health (Mental Health Knowledge Schedule, Social Distance Scale), as well as to comment on their own health condition (12-Item Short Form Health Survey, Patient Health Questionnaire) and working situation (Effort-Reward Inventory, Irritation Scale). Data were collected at baseline, as well as 3 and 12 months after the training. Results show long-term improvements in knowledge and attitudes measured by the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS: M t1 = 22.88, Mt2 = 23.79, Mt3 = 23.79, p = 0.005) but not in the Social Distance Scale (SoDi: M t1 = 0.96, Mt2 = 0.85, Mt3 = 0.84, p = 0.165). Over the period of time observed, no changes were found regarding health-or work-related instruments. Due to the uncontrolled design of the study, further research is needed to determine the exact effectiveness.

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“…6 Single item, support at the workplace. 7 Single item, social distance. 8 Single item, willingness to communicate own illness at the workplace.…”

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“…Meanwhile, mental health at the workplace has gained more and more public and political interest [7]. Investigations have shown the clear impact of working conditions on workers' health [8].…”

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Long-Term Attitude Change After a Single-Day Manager Training Addressing Mental Health at the Workplace

Schwarz

Schiller

Moertl

et al. 2019

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“…However, working life can also provoke anxiety and perceived threats such as bullying, pack behavior and rank fights, unpleasant external control (e.g., by computer monitoring and managers), high performance requirements and evaluations, uncontrollable changes, and job insecurity, as well as accident risks and health hazards [1]. It is already well examined that work factors have an impact on the psychological wellbeing of employees [2][3][4]. Nonetheless, mental illnesses are still the second commonest reason for absence of work days [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to the model, there are several resources and demands that can influence employees' psychological wellbeing [9]. One of them is the social environment, including social relations at work and leadership, such as social capital or social support from colleagues and supervisors (e.g., information provided by supervisor, high quality relationship with supervisor, constructive feedback) [2,9]. The role of managers in shaping cooperation with employees, providing feedback on work and performance, transparently communicating organizational decisions, and creating opportunities for participation are among the crucial elements in a humane organization of work.…”

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Transformational Leadership and Employees’ Psychological Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study

Lindert

Zeike²,

Choi

et al. 2022

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Managers play a key role in realizing a humane organization of work. Transformational leadership aims to identify and examine leadership behaviors that strengthen employees’ awareness of the importance and values of task outcomes by articulating a vision for the future, providing a realistic action plan, and giving individualized support. Previous studies have revealed associations between transformational leadership and the psychological wellbeing of employees in different settings, while others did not find such associations. As research based on longitudinal data remains rare, this study builds on longitudinal data from two employee surveys conducted in 2015 and 2018 in a medium-sized German company. In this study, transformational leadershipt0 and gender had a significant impact on transformational leadershipt1, while psychological wellbeing∆, social capital∆, and age did not. Psychological wellbeingt0 and social capital∆ had a significant impact on psychological wellbeingt1, but transformational leadership∆, age, and gender did not. Therefore, it is worthwhile for companies to invest in social capital and focus on gender aspects at work. As underlying mechanisms regarding employees’ psychological wellbeing may differ between companies, it is worthwhile for each organization to conduct mental risk assessments to identify “red flags” and implement suitable measures.

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Ambulante Jugendhilfe: Ein systematisches Literatur-Review zur Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation

2020

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ZusammenfassungDas vielfältige Tätigkeitsfeld der Jugendhilfe im ambulanten Bereich ist von diversen – unter anderem psychischen – Einflussfaktoren geprägt, die sich auf die Gesundheit der pädagogischen Fachkräfte auswirken können.Die Zusammenhänge zwischen den gesundheitsförderlichen (Ressourcen) sowie gesundheitsgefährdenden (Stressoren) psychischen Belastungsfaktoren und der psychischen Gesundheit sollen mit Hilfe einer systematischen Literaturrecherche betrachtet werden. Nach dem PEO-Schema wird der Forschungsfrage im Zeitraum 2000–2018 in den Datenbanken Medline, PsyInfo und Psyndex nachgegangen, um einen Überblick über die Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation der Zielgruppe zu erlangen.Eine Vielzahl von Stressoren und Ressourcen, vor allem in den Bereichen Arbeitsinhalt, Arbeitsorganisation und soziale Beziehungen stehen in einem Zusammenhang mit der psychischen Gesundheit der Beschäftigten. Starke bis mittlere Zusammenhänge weisen die Stressoren Arbeitsmenge, Rollenstress, Klientenverhalten/-charakteristika und die personenbezogenen Faktoren Neurotizismus und Pflichtbewusstsein auf. Bei den Ressourcen gilt dies für die Kontrolle, Rollenklarheit, moderate Arbeitsmenge, Wertschätzung, Einbindung/Beteiligung und die personenbezogenen Ressourcen Werteübereinstimmung und Achtsamkeit.Die gesichteten zehn Studien vermitteln einen ersten Eindruck über Faktoren, die mit der psychischen Gesundheit der Beschäftigten im untersuchten Berufsfeld im Zusammenhang stehen.Praktische Relevanz Die Zahl der Beschäftigten in den Einrichtungen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe steigt seit Jahren. Rund 21 % der krankheitsbedingten Abwesenheitstage in der Berufsgruppe der Sozialarbeiter*innen sind auf psychische Erkrankungen zurückzuführen. Damit ist das Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen im Vergleich zu anderen Branchen besonders stark von psychischen und Verhaltens-Störungen betroffen.

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Psychische Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt – Wissenschaftliche Standortbestimmung

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Long-Term Attitude Change After a Single-Day Manager Training Addressing Mental Health at the Workplace

Long-Term Attitude Change After a Single-Day Manager Training Addressing Mental Health at the Workplace

Transformational Leadership and Employees’ Psychological Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study

Ambulante Jugendhilfe: Ein systematisches Literatur-Review zur Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation

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