Relational Capital and Post-Traumatic Growth: The Role of Work Meaning

Abstract

Through a statistical survey of 760 front-line medical staff during the COVID-19 epidemic, this study attempts to explore the relationships between relational capital, psychological security, post-traumatic growth and the meaning of work. Data analysis verifies that trust, reciprocity, and identification can promote post-traumatic growth by enhancing the individual’s psychological security. A high level of work meaning can enhance the role of trust, reciprocity and identification in promoting psychological security. Work meaning has a moderated mediating effect when trust and reciprocity affect post-traumatic growth through psychological security, but no moderated mediating effect is found when identification affects post-traumatic growth through psychological security.

Posttraumatic growth of medical staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

“…3) They tried to cope with adverse situations due to COVID-19 by obtaining social support, thinking positively, and engaging in domestic activities. Nie et al [ 41 ] To explore the relationships between relational capital, psychological security, PTG, and the meaning of work. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey China 760 frontline medical staff PTGI of Chinese Version 1) Trust, reciprocity, and identification can promote PTG by enhancing the individual’s psychological security.…”

“…Positive emotions or psychology or personal traits can promote PTG, such as resilience [ 22 , 26 , 33 , 42 ], occupational resilience [ 50 ], occupational identity [ 45 ], self-efficacy [ 47 ], deliberate rumination [ 30 , 38 , 55 ], subjective well-being [ 28 ], coherence [ 28 ], harmonious passion [ 43 ], frontline job confidence [ 38 ], risk awareness [ 38 ], transformative power of pain [ 31 ], trust, reciprocity, and identification [ 41 ], being psychological comfort [ 39 ], and positive emotions and dispositional gratitude [ 36 ], as mentioned in most studies.…”

“…Seven studies explored the path analysis of the PTG influencing factors and discovered the mediating and moderating factors under their respective theoretical models, such as organizational support [ 50 ], social support [ 30 , 57 ], coping strategies [ 25 , 34 ], resilience [ 53 ], psychological security [ 41 ], expressive suppression [ 53 ], deliberate rumination [ 30 ], emotional exhaustion [ 42 ], self-disclosure [ 30 ], and positive psychological capital [ 57 ].…”

Post-traumatic growth in people experiencing high post-traumatic stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: The protective role of psychological flexibility

“…More than twenty-five studies have analyzed PTG in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most being undertaken during the first six months of the outbreak ( Asmundson, Paluszek, & Taylor, 2021 ; Celdrán, Serrat, & Villar, 2021 ; Chen & Tang, 2021 ; Chi et al, 2020 ; Feng et al, 2021 ; Gonzalez-Mendez & Díaz, 2021 ; Hamam et al, 2021 ; Ikizer, Karanci, Gul, & Dilekler, 2021 ; Kaloeti, Ardhiani, & Stück, 2021 ; Koliouli & Canellopoulos, 2021 ; Kowalski, Carroll, & Britt, 2021 ; Laslo-Roth, George-Levi, & Margalit, 2020 ; Liu, Ju, & Liu, 2021 ; Menculini et al, 2021 ; Na, Tsai, Southwick, & Pietrzak, 2021 ; Nie, Tian, & Liang, 2021 ; Prieto-Ursúa & Jódar, 2020 ; Robles-Bello, Sánchez-Teruel, & Valencia Naranjo, 2020 ; Stallard, Pereira, & Barros, 2021 ; Tomaszek & Muchacka-Cymerman, 2020 ; Vazquez et al, 2021 ; Yan et al, 2021 ; Zeng et al, 2021 ; Zhang, Shi, Qin Ren, & Wang, 2021 ; Zhao et al, 2021 ; Zhou, MacGeorge, & Myrick, 2020 ). Samples ranged from 119 to 29,118 participants, with the majority drawn from adults in community settings, whereas other studies focused on specific groups: discharged COVID-19 patients, people bereaved because of COVID-19, front-line medical workers, university students, parents, and survivors of prior trauma.…”