The Valencia Eustress-Distress Appraisal Scale (VEDAS): Validation of the Italian Version

Fabio, Annamaria Di; Peíró, José M.; Rodríguez, Isabel; Kożusznik, Małgorzata W.

doi:10.3390/su10113903

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“…In conclusion, considering the decent work and the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development perspectives, these findings demonstrate to what extend job insecurity is a barrier that exists in attaining decent work and sustainable wellbeing [27,28,31,[101][102][103][104]. Therefore, job insecurity perception and its consequences should not only be contrasted by relying on personal resources but also by promoting a sustainable working environment that could represent a source for people to gain resources and to perceive themselves more in control of their working and personal life and thus less job insecure.…”

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Perceived Job Insecurity and Sustainable Wellbeing: Do Coping Strategies Help?

2019

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For workers, perceived job insecurity represents a threat and an obstacle towards achieving a decent and sustainable dimension of wellbeing at work and in life. Using the theoretical background of the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development, the aim of this study is to deepen the relation between subjective job insecurity, self-related health and life satisfaction considering the effect of personal resources, such as specific coping strategies that people may undertake facing job insecurity perceptions. The hypotheses were tested in a convenience sample of 769 employees in France. Data were collected with a self-report questionnaire and analyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Science (IBM SPSS). Results showed that job insecurity was negatively related to self-reported health and life satisfaction; furthermore, problem-focused coping of the type of job, social support and training searching behaviors resulted in worsening this negative relationship. This study expanded the understanding of coping in the context of job insecurity and showed the limitations that proactive coping strategies have against job insecurity. These results encourage the debate on how far is it possible to attain sustainable wellbeing by relying on personal resources when job insecurity is experienced.

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Perceived Job Insecurity and Sustainable Wellbeing: Do Coping Strategies Help?

2019

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“…It will be also important to confirm these results in other studies and in the broader organizational and international contexts. It will be also useful in future research to investigate EI and PRM in relation to other promising constructs for healthy organizations in a prevention perspective that would include human capital sustainability leadership [49] among leadership styles, workplace relational civility [3], resiliency [50], and work related eustress and distress [51].…”

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Positive Relational Management for Sustainable Development: Beyond Personality Traits—The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence

Fabio

Saklofske

2019

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Positive relationships are of major importance in our personal and working lives for promoting well-being, and fostering healthy and sustainable organizations. The research literature suggests that emotional intelligence is a key factor in promoting and maintaining positive relationships. We examined the association between trait emotional intelligence and positive relational management in Italian workers, controlling for the effects of personality traits. Participants were administered the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ), the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQue-SF) and the Positive Relational Management Scale (PRMS). Hierarchical regression analyses showed that trait emotional intelligence explained an additional 14–16% of the variance beyond personality traits in relation to positive relational management in workers. These results underscore the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and positive relational management, offering new opportunities for promoting both personal well-being and healthy and sustainable organizations.

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“…Although work addiction is still not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR), it should be recognised as a pathology and workers should be aware of its existence and potential negative effects on their well-being and personal and family life. Psychological counselling and training on personal effectiveness, time management, and stress management [71] can support individuals in order to prevent or deal with work addiction. Moreover, according to the psychology of sustainability, in order to foster awareness and well-being, workers may be supported in the definition of their sustainable work-life project, which promotes persons' reflexivity in the relationship with their world [1].…”

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Unsustainable Working Conditions: The Association of Destructive Leadership, Use of Technology, and Workload with Workaholism and Exhaustion

2019

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Job demands typical of the current working environments and negative leadership styles may be considered unsustainable factors able to decrease workers well-being. Moreover, contrary to the idea that workaholism is an innate individual characteristic, a recent perspective considers the working context able to foster its insurgence. In order to investigate unsustainable dynamics within organizations, this study aimed at examining whether (1) destructive leadership increases workload and supplemental work supported by technology, (2) the three job demands increases workaholism, and (3) workaholism mediates their relationship with exhaustion. A convenience sample of 432 workers filled in a self-report questionnaire. The structural equation model results showed a positive relationship between destructive leadership and workload, off-work hour Technology-Assisted Job Demand (off-TAJD), and workaholism. Moreover, both workload and off-TAJD partially mediated the relationship between destructive leadership and workaholism. Finally, workaholism was a mediator between the three demands and exhaustion. The study confirmed a positive association between job demands and workaholism, and, in turn, their association with exhaustion, highlighting in particular the role of two under-investigated determinants, namely destructive leadership and off-TAJD, as unsustainable working conditions. Despite limitations, above all the cross-sectional design, this study provided useful indications for research and practice.

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The Valencia Eustress-Distress Appraisal Scale (VEDAS): Validation of the Italian Version

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

Perceived Job Insecurity and Sustainable Wellbeing: Do Coping Strategies Help?

Perceived Job Insecurity and Sustainable Wellbeing: Do Coping Strategies Help?

Positive Relational Management for Sustainable Development: Beyond Personality Traits—The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence

Unsustainable Working Conditions: The Association of Destructive Leadership, Use of Technology, and Workload with Workaholism and Exhaustion

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