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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 16945

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Prof. Dr. Susana Rubio-Valdehita

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Interests: cognitive neuroscience; health assessment; learning and memory; cognitive development; lean manufacturing; psychological testing
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Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this Occupational Mental Health Special Issue is to focus on studies that increase our understanding of what mental health at work is today and the best strategies and policies to achieve improvements in the mental health of employees. Occupational mental health is related to the ability of people to work productively and creatively, to establish solid and safe relationships, meeting personal and social goals. Positive mental health at work results in a wide range of impacts in terms of social cohesion, economic progress, and sustainable development. Research studies offer strong evidence that companies with high levels of mental health awareness are more successful.

The focus of the articles addressed to the Special Issue can be multidisciplinary and intersectoral, addressing how different disciplines and sectors can come together to develop improvements in occupational mental health.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Employees mental health and job performance and productivity;
Human resources strategies and occupational mental health;
Organizational psychology and mental health relations;
Leadership and job engagement ;
Working conditions;
Mental workload;
Occupational stress and burnout;
Mobbing;
Gender diversity and occupational mental health;
Occupational mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic;
Occupational mental health assessment.

Original papers about the above topics and those related to them are welcome. Submissions may include original research articles or comprehensive reviews.

Dr. Susana Rubio-Valdehita
Guest Editor

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Keywords

organizational psychology
psychosocial risks at work
mental workload
occupational stress
burnout
mobbing

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Relationship between Psychological Distress, Basic Psychological Needs, Anxiety, Mental Pressure, and Athletic Burnout of Chinese College Football Athletes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Minhang Liu, Xiuhan Zhao and Zongyu Liu

Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7100; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14127100 - 09 Jun 2022

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The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 poses a significant threat to mental health, which may lead to psychological stress in a number of individuals. Athlete burnout is a common psychological phenomenon that has a negative influence on their sports career. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between psychological distress and athletic burnout among Chinese college football athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the mediating role of basic psychological needs, anxiety and mental pressure. In an online cross-sectional survey conducted in February 2022, the team coaches sent an electronic questionnaire to college football athletes. Participants completed questionnaires on relevant variables. Pearson correlation analysis and mediation effect analysis were carried out by using SPSS software and its plug-in process V3.3. The study included 672 participants and the results showed that: (1) psychological distress, basic psychological needs, anxiety, mental pressure and athletic burnout were significantly pairwise correlated, (2) mental pressure, anxiety and basic psychological needs play a mediating role between psychological distress and athletic burnout respectively, and (3) basic psychological needs and anxiety, basic psychological needs and mental pressure, anxiety and mental pressure, as well as mental pressure, anxiety and basic psychological needs respectively play a chain mediating role between psychological distress and athletic burnout. In conclusion, psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic is an important factor leading to athletic burnout among Chinese college football athletes and may further affect the level of athletic burnout through basic psychological needs, anxiety and mental pressure. The government and schools should strengthen the recognition of these factors in order to improve the situation of athletic burnout among Chinese college football athletes. Full article

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Relationships between Coping Styles, Emotional Distress, and Fear of COVID-19 among Workers in the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Joseph Kulip, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Nicholas Tze Ping Pang, Nazmirrudin Nasirruddin and Walton Wider

Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5398; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14095398 - 30 Apr 2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious impacts on psychological health globally. However, very little is currently known regarding the link between fear of COVID-19 with psychological health and various coping styles, especially among oil and gas workers. This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety among oil and gas workers, and subsequently examine the role of sociodemographic and occupational variables, various coping styles, and emotional distress in contributing to fear of COVID-19. A total of 299 oil and gas workers participated in this study. The DASS-21, Brief COPE, and Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19) were used to assess the research variables. The descriptive analyses of DASS-21 indicated a prevalence of 26.8%, 33.5%, and 17.1% for depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively, among oil and gas workers. The results also indicated that all types of coping styles (problem-oriented, emotion-oriented, and dysfunctional-oriented) were significant predictors of fear of COVID-19. Sociodemographic and occupational variables and emotional distress variables were not significant predictors of fear of COVID-19. The study suggests how crucial it is for occupational mental health surveillance and prompt intervention for oil and gas workers. Full article

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COVID-19 Concerns and Personality of Commerce Workers: Its Influence on Burnout

by Ana María Rodríguez-López and Susana Rubio-Valdehita

Sustainability 2021, 13(22), 12908; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132212908 - 22 Nov 2021

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We analyze burnout in a sample of commercial workers in Spain and its relationship with sociodemographic variables, personality, and concern about the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on their jobs through a cross-sectional design. Participants (n = 614) answered an online survey, including questions about sociodemographic data, concern, NEO-FFI (personality), and MBI (burnout syndrome). The survey took place from October 2020 to May 2021. We assessed the relationships between sociodemographic variables, pandemic concern, and personality as predictors of burnout by hierarchical regression analysis and then tested using SEM (structural equation models). The proposed model showed adequate goodness-of-fit indices. The results of the present study suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic had little effect to the development of burnout syndrome in commerce employees. However, in agreement with previous literature, the present study shows that personality has a significant role in predicting burnout. Neuroticism, introversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were strong predictors for burnout dimensions. In addition, we found that personality directly affected the pandemic concern: individuals with high levels of Neuroticism and low levels of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness have more pandemic concerns. In conclusion, personality is an important factor that affects the level of workers’ concern about the influence of the pandemic on their job and the development of burnout syndrome. Furthermore, although we found significant differences between groups formed by various sociodemographic characteristics, the conclusion regarding this type of variable is that their ability to predict burnout is deficient. Full article

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Relevance of Traumatic Events and Routine Stressors at Work and PTSD Symptoms on Emergency Nurses

by Manuel Campillo-Cruz, José Luís González-Gutiérrez and Juan Ardoy-Cuadros

Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6050; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13116050 - 27 May 2021

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Emergency nurses are exposed daily to numerous stressful situations that can lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study examined the relationship between traumatic events, routine stressors linked to trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in emergency nurses. For this purpose, a sample of 147 emergency nurses completed the Traumatic and Routine Stressors Scale on Emergency Nurses (TRSS-EN) and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS-5). Results of correlations and moderate multiple regression analyses showed that the emotional impact of routine stressors was associated with a greater number of PTSD symptoms, and, apparently, to greater severity, in comparison to the emotional impact of traumatic events. Furthermore, the emotional impact of traumatic events acts as a moderator, changing the relationship between the emotional impact of routine stressors and PTSD symptoms, in the sense that the bigger the emotional impact of traumatic events, the bigger the relationship between the emotional impact of routine stressors and PTSD symptoms. These results suggest that the exposure to routine work-related stressors, in a context characterized by the presence of traumatic events may make emergency nurses particularly vulnerable to post-traumatic stress reactions. Some prevention measures are suggested according to the results of the study. Full article

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Predicting Job Burnout and Its Antecedents: Evidence from Financial Information Technology Firms

by Stanley Y. B. Huang, Yu-Ming Fei and Yue-Shi Lee

Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4680; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13094680 - 22 Apr 2021

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Job burnout is a continuing concern for human resource management and mental health at work, as it affects employee productivity and well-being. The present study conceptualizes Kahn’s job engagement theory to predict job burnout through a latent growth model. To test the proposed model, data were collected by surveying 710 employees of R&D departments of financial information technology firms of Taiwan at multiple points in time over 6 months. Therein, this study found that as employees perceived more ethical leadership, corporate social responsibility, and self-efficacy at Time 1, they were more likely to show increases in job engagement development behavior over time. Further, increases in job engagement development behavior demonstrate their positive relationship with the decrease in job burnout development behavior over time. These findings highlight that the potential dynamic consequences of organizational behaviors can lead to employee career development and occupational mental health. Full article

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The Experience of Emotional Labor and Its Related Factors among Nurses in General Hospital Settings in Republic of Korea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Da-Jung Ha, Jung-Hyun Park, Su-Eun Jung, Boram Lee, Myo-Sung Kim, Kyo-Lin Sim, Yung-Hyun Choi and Chan-Young Kwon

Sustainability 2021, 13(21), 11634; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132111634 - 21 Oct 2021

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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the status of emotional labor and its related factors among nurses in general hospital settings in Korea. A total of seven electronic databases were comprehensively searched to find relevant cross-sectional studies published up to 28 January 2021. The meta-analysis was performed using Stata version 13.1. In total, 131 studies were included. The population showed a standardized mean difference of 3.38 (95% confidence interval, 3.34 to 3.42) in emotional labor assessed by a 1–5 Likert scale. The level of emotional labor had significant negative correlations with job satisfaction, social support, organizational engagement, coworker support, resilience, and nurses’ work environment, while it had significant positive correlations with emotional labor and burnout, turnover intention, and job stress. Although the methodological quality of the included studies was generally good, 24 of the included studies (18.32%) were evaluated as lacking generalization potential or otherwise as unclear. In conclusion, nurses in general hospital settings in Korea experience mild-to-moderate levels of emotional labor. There is some evidence that the emotional labor of nurses and its detrimental effects can be buffered at both the individual and hospital levels, and future research should focus on developing targeted interventions and evaluating their effectiveness. Full article

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