Associations between occupational stress, burnout and well-being among manufacturing workers: mediating roles of psychological capital and self-esteem

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Shuai Chang¹  Haijian Yu¹  Lie Wang¹  Ziyue Wang¹  Yanwen Wu¹  Hongbo Liu² 

[1] Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North NewArea, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New District, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Occupational stress;    Burnout;    Well-being;    Positive psychology;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-017-1533-6

 received in 2017-03-16, accepted in 2017-11-07,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOccupational stress is an important risk factor for mental health among occupational population. Exploring related mediators of workers’ mental health are important to improve their health and performance. Our study aims to explore the relationships between work stress, positive psychological resources, burnout and well-being.MethodsThe study was performed during the period of June and July in 2015. A questionnaire that consisted of the Effort-reward Imbalance Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the Flourishing Scale, as well as demographic and working factors.ResultsPsychological capital mediated the associations of effort-reward imbalance and emotional exhaustion, cynicism, professional efficacy and well-being. Self-esteem mediated the associations of effort-reward imbalance ratio with cynicism, professional efficacy and well-being, and mediated the associations of overcommitment and cynicism, professional efficacy and well-being.ConclusionsThe findings indicated that enhancing positive psychological resources could be considered in developing intervention strategies for psychological health among manufacturing employees.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017