Stress and Depression in Ohio Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Buffering Role of Social Connectedness

Park, Daejun; Lee, Mingun; Osborne, Kara; Minnick, Dane

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“…Rather, social connectedness plays a direct positive role in influencing the main source of stress [ 84 ]. For the mediation model of positive perfectionism, social connectedness moderated the association between positive perfectionism and perceived stress, in other words, the interaction between social connectedness and positive perfectionism alleviated nurses’ perceived stress levels, which is consistent with the findings of Park et al [ 51 ]. Therefore, dissecting the pathways in which social connectedness influences the alleviation of individual perceived stress based on the personality trait of perfectionism is an important way for nursing managers to provide effective psychological interventions.…”

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“…Additionally, social connectedness, defined as an individual’s self-perception of closeness to others in their surroundings [ 49 ], plays an active role in reducing perceived stress [ 50 , 51 ]. Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, the need for love and belonging is a fundamental human need, which leads individuals to actively seek out social connection that can satisfy this need, such as families and public welfare organizations, in order to alleviate negative emotions and positively regulate their state under high stress [ 52 , 53 ].…”

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Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: a latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Liao,

Wei,

Fang

et al. 2023

BMC Nurs

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Background Exploration of the relationship between individual work immersion and perceived stress is critical for clinical nurses’ effective psychological interventions and human resource management, as well as to alleviate nursing staff shortages. In order to further dissect the influencing factors of perceived stress among nursing staff, our study introduces the concepts of perfectionism and social connectedness to analyze the specific pathways that influence perceived stress in terms of an individual’s intrinsic and external personality traits. This study provides relevant recommendations for the development of stress management measures for nursing staff. Methods This was a cross-sectional survey. 993 registered clinical nurses were included from four hospitals in Guangzhou through a convenience sampling method. Clinical nurses’ work immersion, perceived stress, perfectionism, and social connectedness were investigated using questionnaires based on latent profile analysis. The relationships between variables were analyzed using t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analysis, latent profile analysis, and moderated mediation analysis. Results The results showed that (1) general influences on nurses’ perceived stress included only child, labor relationship, labor allowance, and family support; (2) nurses’ work immersion contained four subgroups: lowest (12.6%), medium-low (39.8%), medium-high (39.9%), and highest (7.7%); (3) positive and negative perfectionism played a mediating role between the association of work immersion and perceived stress; (4) social connectedness played a moderating role in the mediation model of perceived stress. Conclusions Work immersion, perfectionism, and social connectedness have an important impact on clinical nurses’ perceived stress. Nursing managers or leaders should pay attention to the differences of individual work immersion status, adopt reasonable stress management strategies, accurately identify positive perfectionist groups and strengthen the relationship between groups, so as to ensure the quality of nursing care, and reduce nursing turnover and alleviate the problem of staff shortage.

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confidence: 89%

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confidence: 99%

Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: a latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Liao,

Wei,

Fang

et al. 2023

BMC Nurs

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“…Social connectedness plays a positive role in directly in uencing the main source of stress generation, while indirectly mitigating stress levels [84] . For the mediated model of positive perfectionism, social bonding moderates the association between positive perfectionism and perceived stress, in other words, the interaction between social connectedness and positive perfectionism alleviated nurses' perceived stress levels, which is the same as the ndings of Park et al [54] . Therefore, dissecting the pathways of in uence of social connectedness in alleviating individual perceived stress based on the personality trait of bidirectional perfectionism is an important way for nursing managers to conduct effective psychological interventions.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

“…Additionally, social connectedness, de ned as an individual's self-perception of closeness to others in their surroundings [52] , plays an active role in reducing perceived stress [53,54] . Clinical nurses, in addition to the social signi cance of the daily nursing behaviors themselves, participate as individuals in group work and, more importantly, seek to gain a sense of self-worth and connection with others.…”

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Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: A latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Liao

Wei

Fang

et al. 2023

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Background Exploring the relationship between individual work immersion and perceived stress is critical for effective psychological interventions and human resource management for clinical nurses as well as for alleviating nursing staff shortages, especially after experiencing a major public health event. In order to further dissect the influencing factors of perceived stress among nursing staff, our study introduces the concepts of perfectionism and social connectedness, which aim to analyse the specific pathways that influence perceived stress in terms of an individual's intrinsic and external characteristics. Therefore, this study will provide relevant recommendations for the development of stress management measures for nursing staff. Methods This was a cross-sectional survey. 993 clinical registered nurses were included from four hospitals in Guangzhou through a convenience sampling method. Clinical nurses' work immersion, perceived stress, perfectionism, and social connectedness were investigated using questionnaires with good reliability and validity. Relationships between variables were studied by t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, latent profile analysis, and moderated mediation analysis. Results This study was based on latent profile analysis. The results showed that (1) general influences on nurses' perceived stress included only child, labor relationship, labor allowance, and family support; (2) nurses' work immersion's contained four subgroups: low (12.6%), medium-low (39.8%), medium-high (39.9%), and highest (7.7%); (3) perfectionism played a mediating role between the association of work immersion and perceived stress, in which negative perfectionism has a masking effect; (4) social connectedness plays a moderating role in the mediation model of perceived stress. Conclusions Work immersion, perfectionism, and social connectedness have an important impact on clinical nurses' perceived stress. Nursing managers or leaders should pay attention to the variability of individual work immersion status, adopt reasonable stress management strategies, accurately identify positive perfectionist groups and mobilize intergroup intimacy, and safeguard the quality of daily nursing care in order to reduce nursing turnover and alleviate the problem of staff shortage.

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“…For example, a study among 842 union grocery store workers in California in late 2020 showed that COVID-19-related fear, workplace threat perception, and overall perceived stress affected workers' mental health [18]. Increased symptoms of depression and anxiety or higher psychological distress were also observed among social workers, teachers or bank employees during the COVID-19 pandemic [19][20][21]. In addition, the baseline survey underlying this study during the second and third pandemic waves in Germany (December 2020 to June 2021) with a retrospective survey on mental distress in spring 2020, showed that non-healthcare professionals with high and probable occupational SARS-CoV-2 infection risk (OSIR) were at higher risk for depressive and anxiety symptoms [22].…”

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Changes in mental distress among employees during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Casjens,

Taeger,

Brüning

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic changed the future of work sustainably and led to a general increase in mental stress. A study conducted during the second and third pandemic wave with a retrospective survey of the first wave among 1,545 non-healthcare workers confirmed an increase in anxiety and depression symptoms and showed a correlation with the occupational SARS-CoV-2 infection risk. This online follow-up survey aims to examine changes in mental distress as the pandemic progressed in Germany and to identify factors influencing potential changes. Methods Longitudinal data from 260 subjects were available for this analysis. Mental distress related to anxiety and depression symptoms, assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), and occupational risk factors were solicited at the end of 2022 and retrospectively at the fifth wave. Categorized PHQ-4 scores were modelled with mixed ordinal regression models and presented with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results A previous diagnosis of a depressive or anxiety disorder was a strong risk factor for severe symptoms (OR 3.49, 95% CI 1.71–7.11). The impact of occupational SARS-CoV-2 infection risk on mental distress was increased, albeit failing to reach the formal level of statistical significance (high risk OR 1.83, 95% CI 0.59–5.63; probable risk OR 1.72, 95% CI 0.93–3.15). Mental distress was more pronounced in those with a previous diagnosis of anxiety and depression. Confirmed occupational risk factors were protective measures against occupational SARS-CoV-2 infection perceived as inadequate, chronic work-related stress, overcommitment, reduced interactions with fellow-workers, and work-privacy conflicts. Conclusions The pandemic had a negative impact on anxiety and depression symptoms among the studied non-healthcare workers, particularly early in the pandemic, although this effect does not appear to be permanent. There are modifiable risk factors that can protect workers’ mental health, including strengthening social interactions among employees and reducing work-privacy conflicts.

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Stress and Depression in Ohio Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Buffering Role of Social Connectedness

Cited by 8 publications

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Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: a latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: a latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Work immersion and perceived stress among clinical nurses: A latent profile analysis and moderated mediation analysis

Changes in mental distress among employees during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

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