Work-Related Negative Experience

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between poor employee well-being (PEWB) and work-related mental ill-health and substance consumption (MIH). It is proposed as a unification model that links both work-related negative consequences on the basis of the experiences of threat, loss, and frustration at work. PEWB contains the following elements: emotional discomfort, bodily uneasiness, organizational distance, task impairment, and dragging workday; and MIH includes work-related anxiety, depression, irritability, cigarette smoking, alcohol and drug consumption, and physical illness. Six hundred ninety-seven participants, working in a wide range of jobs and occupations, completed the survey. Results indicated that PEWB and MIH are significantly associated, after controlling for demographic and personal factors. Sense sharing between PEWB-MIH and PEWB element combination explained the relationships between both constructs. These findings could be helpful for organizations interested in preserving and improving worker mental health.

Working Conditions and Mental Health in a Brazilian University

“…Thus, among those grouped into Demands, Contradictions, and Material Conditions, we have already commented that the impairment between Demands, Material Precariousness, and Physical Environment can signal stress, following the model of demands and control of the environment. So, we understand that the shared variance of these factors and health profiles corroborate previous studies that point to the role of stress preceding mental illness [38,42,67]. It also corroborates the findings, in Brazil, by Costa and Souza Neto [1], mentioned in the introduction, who observed a tendency towards an imbalance between competence requirements, work overload, and the identification of the public servant with their activities.…”

“…We chose these questionnaires with the intention that the first questionnaire would allow us to identify common psychological symptoms. We consider that an indicator of this nature is in line with Marchand and Durand [42] and Martín [38]. Taking inspiration from the WHO's positive concept of health, as we mentioned earlier, should not mean denying the psychic changes already experienced by workers.…”

“…The present research contributed to reaffirming the multidimensionality of mental health and the approach that derives from social causation [27,29,38,42]. Likewise, it drew attention to the feasibility of including working conditions among the social aspects that contribute to the health-illness process, as well as this inclusion can be developed by covering the complexity of tendencies in the world of work and its dynamic character.…”

“…Other authors, such as Martín [38], have been concerned with understanding what an environment poor in well-being is and exploring the relationships with mental health symptoms. However, all of this is challenging given the complexity of the world of work, which is continuously changing.…”

Salud mental positiva en estudiantes del Centro Pre-Universitario de la Universidad Nacional Mayor De San Marcos

“…Entre los factores subjetivos identificados como promotores de la adaptación respecto a diversas clases de situaciones estresantes se hayan la personalidad con una considerable habilidad social (Lazarus & Folkman, 1986;Martin, 2002;Caballo, 2005, Adgo, 2015; una buena percepción de eficacia personal (Bandura, 1992;Londoña, 2007);una historia previa de buen rendimiento académico, soporte social real y percibido (Pratt, Bowers, Terzjan & Hunsberger. 2000); y, asimismo, el afrontamiento positivo o centrado en el problema (Lazarus & Folkman, 1986; Martínez-Correa.…”