The relationship between autonomy, optimism, work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour among nurses fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan: a serial multiple mediation

Zhang, Hui; Zhao, Yi; Zou, Ping; Liu, Yang; Lin, Shuanghong; Ye, Zhihong; Tang, Leiwen; Shao, Jing; Chen, Dandan

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039711

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“…The strongest independent variable associated with depression symptoms in the regression analysis for the total sample was social support, with higher levels of social support being associated with lower levels of depression symptoms ( Table 6 ). For PHQ-2, the adjusted R 2 value was 18.0% (moderate level of explained variance [ 50 ]). Fear of becoming infected (β = 0.100), fear of infecting relatives (β = 0.107), social support (β = −0.230), and optimism (β = −0.204) were statistically significant and clinically relevant independent variables.…”

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“…Arslan et al [ 49 ] found that optimism correlates negatively with COVID-19 related stress, somatization, anxiety, depression, and overall psychological problems in young Turkish adults. Concerning HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic, optimism was shown to have a direct positive effect on work engagement and on organizational citizenship behavior [ 50 ], which are both favorable outcomes during a pandemic. Portuguese HCWs with higher levels in the hope/optimism dimension of the Spirituality Scale showed less COVID-19 related anxiety [ 51 ].…”

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Social Support and Optimism as Protective Factors for Mental Health among 7765 Healthcare Workers in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the VOICE Study

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting mental health worldwide, particularly among healthcare workers (HCWs). Risk and protective factors for depression and generalized anxiety in healthcare workers need to be identified to protect their health and ability to work. Social support and optimism are known protective psychosocial resources, but have not been adequately studied in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in Germany. Methods: Within the first wave of the VOICE study (n = 7765), a longitudinal web-based survey study among healthcare workers in Germany, we assessed symptoms of depression (PHQ-2) and generalized anxiety (GAD-2), social support (ENRICHD Social Support Inventory; ESSI), and generalized optimism as well as sociodemographic, occupational, and COVID-19 related variables. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine associations between the constructs. Results: The analyses revealed that higher levels of social support and optimism were associated with lower levels of depression and generalized anxiety. They showed a higher association with depression and generalized anxiety than demographic or occupational risk factors such as female gender and direct contact with infected individuals. Conclusion: Psychosocial resources such as social support and optimism appear to contribute to successful coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and should be considered in future studies.

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Social Support and Optimism as Protective Factors for Mental Health among 7765 Healthcare Workers in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the VOICE Study

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“…Other authors believe that leadership styles and support from superiors in times of health crisis could increase workers’ work engagement [ 33 ], and this in turn would help reduce the risk of developing major depressive episodes [ 34 ]. Thus, Zhang et al [ 35 ] emphasized that the psychological and labor support from superiors, and the improvement of the perception of autonomy of any employee, could increase work engagement [ 34 ], though the authors themselves argue that future research should address this issue in depth.…”

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“…In fact, they obtained high values in vigor 5.39 (SD = 0.46), dedication 5.51 (SD = 0.41), and total work engagement 5.44 (SD = 0.41), and very high values in absorption 5.43 (SD = 0.45). In another study on another sample of 242 nurses from various health areas of Wuhan, China, total work engagement scores were of 4.83 (SD = 1.01) [ 35 ]. These authors indicate that work engagement may vary depending on the behavior and the level of commitment of the population.…”

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Work Engagement in Nurses during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

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In some areas of Spain, health services and professionals working in the front line against the Sars-Cov-2 virus have been widely overwhelmed at all levels. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the level of work engagement of Spanish nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample consisted of 510 active nurses from all over Spain, without age exclusion, who voluntarily accepted to participate in the study. Work engagement was assessed with the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) questionnaire, through an online questionnaire and non-probabilistic snowball sampling. The results showed a mean age of 45.9 years (SD = 10.7 years), most of them women (78.1%), and 58.5% were in primary care. The mean score for the UWES-9 questionnaire was 4.6 points (SD = 1.35). The categorical regression analysis performed revealed an R2 value of 0.75 and a significance of p < 0.01 in the sex, type of unit, and training variables. The Spanish nurses in the sample present high levels of work engagement in all dimensions in general, although the lowest mean scores are found in the vigor dimension, among men, and nurses working in hospital and critical units.

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“…Individual differences in optimism and intolerance of uncertainty under COVID-19 have been shown to impact mental well-being as well as adaptation to the new circumstances imposed by the pandemic. Higher levels of optimism are correlated with better work routine adjustment both in professionals who are working from home (Biron et al, 2020 ) and in health care professionals (Zhang et al, 2020 ). The cultural context also plays a role in individual adjustment, notably collectivism and collective optimism (a shared optimism about a group), as these characteristics favor the sense of mutual obligation in times of crisis and effective coping strategies, like positive reappraisal (Biron et al, 2020 ).…”

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The Social Lives of Infectious Diseases: Why Culture Matters to COVID-19

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Over the course of the year 2020, the global scientific community dedicated considerable effort to understanding COVID-19. In this review, we discuss some of the findings accumulated between the onset of the pandemic and the end of 2020, and argue that although COVID-19 is clearly a biological disease tied to a specific virus, the culture–mind relation at the heart of cultural psychology is nonetheless essential to understanding the pandemic. Striking differences have been observed in terms of relative mortality, transmission rates, behavioral responses, official policies, compliance with authorities, and even the extent to which beliefs about COVID-19 have been politicized across different societies and groups. Moreover, many minority groups have very different experiences of the pandemic relative to dominant groups, notably through existing health inequities as well as discrimination and marginalization, which we believe calls for a better integration of political and socioeconomic factors into cultural psychology and into the narrative of health and illness in psychological science more broadly. Finally, individual differences in, for example, intolerance of uncertainty, optimism, conspiratorial thinking, or collectivist orientation are influenced by cultural context, with implications for behaviors that are relevant to the spread and impact of COVID-19, such as mask-wearing and social distancing. The interplay between cultural context and the experience and expression of mental disorders continues to be documented by cultural-clinical psychology; the current work extends this thinking to infectious disease, with special attention to diseases spread by social contact and fought at least in part through social interventions. We will discuss cultural influences on the transmission, course, and outcome of COVID-19 at three levels: (1) cross-society differences; (2) within-society communities and intergroup relations; and (3) individual differences shaped by cultural context. We conclude by considering potential theoretical implications of this perspective on infectious disease for cultural psychology and related disciplines, as well as practical implications of this perspective on science communication and public health interventions.

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The relationship between autonomy, optimism, work engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour among nurses fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan: a serial multiple mediation

Cited by 25 publications

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Social Support and Optimism as Protective Factors for Mental Health among 7765 Healthcare Workers in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the VOICE Study

Social Support and Optimism as Protective Factors for Mental Health among 7765 Healthcare Workers in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the VOICE Study

Work Engagement in Nurses during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Social Lives of Infectious Diseases: Why Culture Matters to COVID-19

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