The effects of daily stress on positive and negative mental health: Mediation through self-efficacy

Schönfeld, Pia; Brailovskaia, Julia; Bieda, Angela; Zhang, Xiao Chi; Margraf, Jürgen

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.08.005

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“…Normative Brief Resilience Scale scores were higher for health care professionals than this sample, and may reflect depleted resources in the face of increasing pressures in general practice. GPs’ perceptions about their level of general self-efficacy was comparable to other occupational groups, including health care professionals,38 , 56 – 58 and higher than general population samples 59 – 61…”

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GPs’ mental wellbeing and psychological resources: a cross-sectional survey

2017

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BackgroundThe negative impact of work has been the traditional focus of GP surveys. We know little about GP positive mental health and psychological resources.AimTo profile and contextualise GP positive mental health and personal psychological resources.Design and settingCross-sectional survey of GPs working in Northern Ireland (NI).MethodA questionnaire comprising the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) and measures of resilience, optimism, self-efficacy, and hope, and sociodemographic information was posted to 400 GPs randomly selected from a publicly available GP register.ResultsThe response rate was 55% (n = 221 out of 400). Mean value for GP wellbeing (WEMWBS) was 50.2 (standard deviation [SD] 8) compared to UK vets 48.8 (SD 9), UK teachers 47.2 (SD 9), and the population of NI 50.8 (SD 9). After adjustment for confounding, mean WEMWBS was 2.4 units (95% CI = 0.02 to 4.7) higher in female GPs than males (P = 0.05), and 4.0 units (95% CI = 0.8 to 7.3) higher in GPs ≥55 years than GPs ≤44 years (P = 0.02). Optimism was 1.1 units higher in female GPs than male GPs (95% CI = 0.1 to 2.0), and 1.56 units higher in GPs ≥55 years (95% CI = 0.2 to 2.9) than in those ≤44 years. Hope was 3 units higher in GPs ≥55 years (95% CI = 0.4 to 5.7) than in those aged 45–54 years. Correlation between WEMWBS and psychological resources was highest with hope (r = 0.65, P < 0.001).ConclusionGPs have levels of positive mental health that are comparable to the local population and better than other occupational groups, such as vets and teachers. Male and younger GPs may have most to gain from wellbeing interventions.

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GPs’ mental wellbeing and psychological resources: a cross-sectional survey

2017

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“…The General Self‐Efficacy Scale comprises judgments concerning the evaluation of one's abilities how to perform in unexpected situations or surprising events. The scale has been shown to possess good psychometric properties and has already been used in cross‐cultural studies (Schönfeld, Brailovskaia, Bieda, Zhang, & Margraf, ). Cronbach's alpha was α = .88 in Germany and .93 in China.…”

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Resilience to suicide ideation: A cross‐cultural test of the buffering hypothesis

Siegmann

Teismann

Fritsch

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Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Depression and suicide ideation are common in student populations across the world. The present study investigated factors buffering the association between depression and suicide ideation. A total of 2,687 Chinese students and 601 German students took part in the investigation. Social support, satisfaction with life, self-efficacy, psychosocial stress resistance, and positive mental health were considered as resilience factors moderating the association between depressive symptoms and suicide ideation within both samples. Positive mental health moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in German and Chinese students. Life satisfaction moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in German students. Social support moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in Chinese students. No interaction effects were found for self-efficacy and psychosocial stress resistance. Positive mental health, satisfaction with life, and perceived social support seem to confer resilience and should be taken into account, when assessing individuals for suicide risk.

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“…The present study belongs to the ongoing BOOM (Bochum Optimism and Mental Health) project aiming to investigate risk and protective factors of mental health [50–52]. All data of the present study were collected with an online self-report questionnaire on the research platform www.unipark.de.…”

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Comparing Facebook Users and Facebook Non-Users: Relationship between Personality Traits and Mental Health Variables – An Exploratory Study

Brailovskaia

Margraf

2016

PLoS ONE

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Over one billion people use Facebook as a platform for social interaction and self-presentation making it one of the most popular online sites. The aim of the present study was to investigate differences in various personality traits and mental health variables between Facebook users and people who do not use this platform. The data of 945 participants (790 Facebook users, 155 Facebook non-users) were collected. Results indicate that Facebook users score significantly higher on narcissism, self-esteem and extraversion than Facebook non-users. Furthermore, they have significantly higher values of social support, life satisfaction and subjective happiness. Facebook non-users have (marginally) significantly higher values of depression symptoms than Facebook users. In both groups, extraversion, self-esteem, happiness, life satisfaction, resilience and social support, on the one hand, and depression, anxiety and stress symptoms, on the other hand, are negatively correlated. Neuroticism is positively associated with depression, anxiety and stress symptoms. However, significant differences exist between Facebook users and Facebook non-users regarding some associations of personality traits and mental health variables. Compared to Facebook non-users, the present results indicate that Facebook users have higher values of certain personality traits and positive variables protecting mental health. These findings are of particular interest considering the high importance of social online-platforms in the daily life of many people.

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The effects of daily stress on positive and negative mental health: Mediation through self-efficacy

Cited by 279 publications

References 58 publications

GPs’ mental wellbeing and psychological resources: a cross-sectional survey

GPs’ mental wellbeing and psychological resources: a cross-sectional survey

Resilience to suicide ideation: A cross‐cultural test of the buffering hypothesis

Comparing Facebook Users and Facebook Non-Users: Relationship between Personality Traits and Mental Health Variables – An Exploratory Study

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