Effects of the Collective Gratitude on Work Engagement

Background Barefoot social workers play an essential role in providing child welfare services, and their life satisfaction is critical but often ignored. Mental health literacy has been shown to be associated with life satisfaction, yet the mechanisms underlying such an association remain understudied. Guided by the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of job burnout and work engagement in the relationship between Chinese barefoot social workers' mental health literacy and life satisfaction for the first time. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study involving 1252 Chinese barefoot social workers was conducted from April to June 2023. Pearson's bivariate correlation analysis was conducted to identify correlations. The mediating effect was analyzed using SPSS PROCESS v.4.3. Results The correlation analysis results showed that mental health literacy (r = 0.12, p < 0.01), job burnout (r=-0.14, p < 0.01), and work engagement (r = 0.46, p < 0.01) were significantly associated with life satisfaction. Job burnout and work engagement serially and partially mediated the association between mental health literacy and life satisfaction, with a total indirect effect of 0.071 (95%CI:0.056 ~ 0.087). Conclusion Our findings support the potential mediating roles of job burnout and work engagement in the relationship between mental health literacy and life satisfaction. These findings hold significant implications for devising effective and targeted psychological intervention programs to improve life satisfaction among Barefoot social workers.

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Factors Associated With Work Engagement of Nurses During the Fifth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Muroi,

Ishitsuka,

Hachisuka

et al. 2023

JMIR Form Res

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the prevalence of mental health issues among nurses. Work engagement (WE) is a concept that describes work-related positive psychological states and is of importance within mental health measures. There is, however, a lack of research on factors associated with the WE of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective We aimed to determine which factors are associated with WE among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic using the job demands-resources (JD-R) model as a framework. Methods A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among nurses working in acute care and psychiatric institutions in the prefectures of Chiba and Tokyo in Japan. The survey period occurred between August 8 and September 30, 2021, during a time when the number of patients with a positive COVID-19 infection increased. The 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-3) was used to measure WE. Factors such as age, gender, years of experience, affiliated ward, COVID-19–related stress, financial rewards from the government and hospital, encouragement from the government and patients, and workplace social capital were assessed. A total of 187 participants were included in the final analysis. Multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the factors related to WE. Partial regression coefficients (B), 95% CI, and P values were calculated. Results The mean overall score for the UWES-3 was 3.19 (SD 1.21). Factors negatively associated with UWES-3 were COVID-19–related stress on work motivation and escape behavior (Β –0.16, 95% CI –0.24 to –0.090; P<.001), and factors positively associated with UWES-3 were affiliation of intensive care units (Β 0.76, 95% CI 0.020-1.50; P=.045) and financial rewards from the government and hospital (Β 0.40, 95% CI 0.040-0.76; P=.03). Conclusions This study examined factors related to WE among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic using the JD-R model. When compared with findings from previous studies, our results suggest that nurses’ WE was lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Negative motivation and escape behaviors related to COVID-19 were negatively associated with WE, while there were positive associations with financial rewards from the government and hospital and affiliation with an intensive care unit. Further research into larger populations is needed to confirm these findings.

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Effects of the Collective Gratitude on Work Engagement

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Factors Associated With Work Engagement of Nurses During the Fifth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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