Work Support, Role Stress, and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Social Workers: The Mediation Role of Work-Family Conflict

Jia, Cindy Xinshan; Cheung, Chau‐kiu; Fu, Chengzhe

doi:10.3390/ijerph17238881

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“…Lack of fulfillment due to the absence of activities that enhance their personal lives would lead to poor mental health [ 33 , 34 ]. Primary health workers may have less energy, motivation, and focus on devoting themselves to their work, leading to lower work performance and more conflicts in their personal life [ 20 , 35 , 36 ]. Prioritizing activities that enhance personal lives and striving for a healthy work-life balance is crucial to avoid those negative consequences.…”

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How does the work-life balance impact stress on primary healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Melania

Fatmawati

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Most studies in advanced care settings reported that the increasing workload increases the work-life imbalance and harms the mental health of health workers. The COVID-19 Pandemic's tracing, testing, treatment, and mass vaccination also have multiplied the primary healthcare workers' workload. Nevertheless, studies on primary care workers are scarce. This study aimed to investigate how the COVID-19-related work-life balance impact stress on primary healthcare workers in the third years of the pandemic. Methods The study was a cross-sectional, web-based survey conducted on primary healthcare workers in Kediri Regency, Indonesia, with the highest Omicron case surge worldwide. It was conducted right after the surge between July and August 2022, the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indonesia. Under coordination with the local government health officials, primary healthcare workers were invited to participate in an online survey. The respondents were asked to evaluate their sociodemography, work conditions, personal life, and perceived stress (using the Perceived Stress Scale) during the pandemic. Their work-life balance was evaluated using the Work/Non-work Interference and Enhancement Scale. We used several hierarchical linear regression models to determine which variables contribute to work stress among primary healthcare workers. Results Sociodemographic characteristics, including gender, age, marital status, years of professional experience, and educational level, were not significantly associated with stress levels among our respondents. Separately, work conditions and personal life variables did not associate with stress levels. However, primary healthcare workers' work and personal lives interfere with each other during the pandemic and are associated with their higher stress. Conclusion During the pandemic, the work life of primary health workers interferes with their personal life more than the interference of personal life on their work life. At the same time, the work life's enhancement on the personal life and vice versa were lower than its interference. Those conditions are associated with higher perceived stress of primary health workers.

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“…Our study strengthened it, which found that personal life interference with work life is the lowest among other work-life balance dimensions and is associated with lower stress. Work support from their working circles significantly minimizes the interference between work and personal life [ 35 ].…”

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How does the work-life balance impact stress on primary healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Melania

Fatmawati

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BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Workers proactively attempt to change their current working conditions to achieve work-life balance. However, without the support of the government and organisations, it is difficult for workers to attain work-life balance [50]. Furthermore, the survey also found that males, white-collar workers and respondents with a higher educational level had a higher degree of achieving ideal work-life balance than their counterparts did.…”

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Exploration of the Socioecological Determinants of Hong Kong Workers’ Work-Life Balance: A Grounded Theory Model

Wong

Chan

2021

IJERPH

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Background: Although a growing body of research has investigated the theoretical and empirical models of work-life balance (WLB), the propositions of this phenomenon remain nonunified. Thus, a grounded theory approach was adopted to explore the viewpoints of workers regarding WLB and its determinants and consequences. Methods: Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted to investigate the attitudes and experiences of Hong Kong workers towards WLB, in which 50 workers were interviewed. All data of interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded into five levels of the socioecological framework (i.e., intrapersonal level, interpersonal level, organisational level, community and government policy). Results: The grounded theory model established that work-life balance and personal context mutually affected each other, and work-life balance was unidirectionally affected by the environmental context. The ability to maintain a continual satisfied physical and mental states among multiple roles under the emergence of unexpected environmental factors was proposed as the definition of work-life balance. Conclusions: The findings of this study offer essential research insights into the importance of WLB, the dynamic features for workers to sustain balance and constructing a reliable and exhaustive assessment model for work-life balance for future studies.

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“…Owing to the accelerating pace of change in Chinese society, the pragmatism of pursuing benefits has gradually weakened the efforts individuals previously made to maintain workplace relationships. Existing studies have confirmed that various factors, such as poor working conditions, the lack of social support, and work–family conflicts, have become vital precursors of burnout and high turnover rates among Chinese SWs ( 39 – 41 ). Despite contexts involving unfavorable levels of social support, there are always some individuals who can maintain satisfactory levels of physico-mental health, and significant attention should be paid to the psychological characteristics of such individuals.…”

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Burnout, negative emotions, and wellbeing among social workers in China after community lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mediating roles of trait mindfulness

Yue²,

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate burnout situation of social workers (SWs) who experienced the COVID-19 pandemic-related community lockdown 1 year before, and to assess the protective value of trait mindfulness (TM) in states of burnout.MethodWe surveyed the burnout, trait mindfulness, negative emotions (NEs) and wellbeing (WB) of 182 social workers provided services to Wuhan lockdowns community by COVID-19 one year before. Burnout were measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey; TM using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale; NEs using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21; and WB using the General Wellbeing Schedule. We also performed correlation regression analysis and mediation test for burnout, TM, NEs, and WB.ResultsAmong the 182 respondents, 75 (41.2%) still suffered from severe burnout. TM was negatively correlated with burnout (r = −0.623), negatively correlated with NEs (r = −0.560), and positively correlated with WB (r = 0.617). Burnout had a significantly positive correlation with NEs (r = 0.544) and a significantly negative correlation with WB (r = −0.666). Further, WB had significantly negative correlation with NEs (r = −0.758). After controlling for age, gender, marital status, educational level, and years of employment, burnout had a significantly positive predictive effect on NEs (β = 0.509), whereas TM had a significantly negative predictive effect on NEs (β = −0.334). TM played a partial mediating role in the effect of burnout on NEs, with a mediating effect and effect ratio of 0.088 and 39.7%, respectively. Burnout had a significantly negative predictive effect on WB (β = −0.598), whereas TM had a significantly positive predictive effect on WB (β = 0.299). TM played a partial mediating role in the effect of burnout on NEs, with a mediating effect and effect ratio of −0.164 and 30.3%, respectively. WB had a significantly negative predictive effect on NEs (β = −0.711), and it played a partial mediating role in the effect of burnout on NEs, with a mediating effect and effect ratio of 0.185 and 83.3%, respectively.ConclusionThe current levels of burnout among local SWs remained high 1 year after the community lockdowns. TM played a mediating role in the relationship between burnout, NEs, and WB. Concomitantly, WB played a mediating role in the relationship between burnout and NEs. Therefore, in the context of burnout, TM is a protective factor for reducing emotional stress and risks of developing psychiatric disorders through the enhancement of WB.

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Work Support, Role Stress, and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Social Workers: The Mediation Role of Work-Family Conflict

Cited by 12 publications

References 87 publications

How does the work-life balance impact stress on primary healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

How does the work-life balance impact stress on primary healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Exploration of the Socioecological Determinants of Hong Kong Workers’ Work-Life Balance: A Grounded Theory Model

Burnout, negative emotions, and wellbeing among social workers in China after community lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mediating roles of trait mindfulness

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