Positive orientation, job satisfaction and psychological well-being of mental health practitioners in Malaysia

Abstract

Mental health practitioners in many developing countries are faced with high job demands and a lack of institutional support. Given their high levels of work-related stress, it is important to identify mechanisms that help them to maintain psychological well-being and job satisfaction. Recent research has focused on the role that positive orientation (POS), comprising high life satisfaction, self-esteem and optimism, may play in mediating the negative impact of stress on individual well-being. The present study investigated whether POS predicts mental health practitioners' perceived levels of stress, mental health and job satisfaction. If POS measures a person's tendency to take a positive attitude to life and their ability to cope with difficulties, a high POS could be linked to reduced levels of stress and increased levels of job satisfaction and well-being. This study examined associations between self-reported POS and psychological outcomes in a sample of 100 Malaysian mental health practitioners. Participants including clinical psychologists and counsellors practicing in the country were invited to take part in an online questionnaire. The results showed that POS significantly predicted job satisfaction positively and mental health issues and perceived stress negatively, even when socio-demographic variables were controlled. Overall, we found a strong effect of POS on individual functioning across the sample of mental health practitioners. Our results have implications for improving practitioner wellbeing and job satisfaction.

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“…It is noted that the majority of these studies were applied in the healthcare sector. For instance, Park et al [ 89 ] in their empirical investigation carried out on a sample of Malaysian mental health practitioners illustrated that JS is significantly associated with PWB, which was measured by lower levels of perceived stress (β = −0.51, p < 0.001) and less mental health issues (β = −0.33, p < 0.01). In other words, the higher the perceived JS, the lower the perceived stress and the fewer mental health issues.…”

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