Workplace Relationships, Stress, Depression and Anxiety in a Malaysian Sample

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop the Work Relationships Scale (WRS) and examine its relationships with stress, depression and anxiety in workplace, and also to investigate the roles of demographical factors in these constructs. Participants were 199 employees from different workplaces in Penang, Malaysia. A demographic questionnaire and five self rating inventories were used in this study. Findings indicated that WRS is a multidimensional construct with four factors: Critical and procrustean, satisfactory, supportive and sympathic, and disciplinary. First factor was positive correlated with interpersonal sensitivity, demands and control subscales of work stress, depression and anxiety. Second factor was negative correlated with depression, work stress and its support subscale. Third factor was negative correlated with total work stress. Fourth factor was positive correlated with interpersonal sensitivity, work stress and its demands and control subscales. Results supported the effects of gender, marital status, level of education, and type and classification of job on the work relationships. The WRS and its satisfactory and disciplinary subscales altogether explained 30, 3 and 6 percents of work stress, depression, and anxiety variations respectively.

Work Relationships in Different Workplaces Sectors: The Roles of Emotional Problems and Work-Related Factors

“…Uziel showed that interpersonally oriented self-control is more useful fo r personal well-being and interpersonal adjustment than mere social desirab ility [18]. Moreover, the roles of a few workp laces-related factors such as the level of education, type of job and the workp lace classification on the work relat ionships were supported in the current study in a Malaysian sample [5].…”

“…Work relat ionships are products of organizational cultures and their surrounded sociocultural contexts. Work relationships might influences by social associations, social connections, affiliations, goals, social settings, policies, and physical environment workp laces, and it would expect the work relat ionships affecting by multip le ro les which emp loyee are doing in different workplaces [5]. A ltogether the ignorance of work relationships quality between personnel in a workplace is a major risk for its professional success.…”

“…The disciplinary factor has positive correlation with interpersonal sensitivity and work stress. Their findings showed that work relat ionships could exp lain 30, 3 and 6 percents of variat ions in work stress, depression and anxiety constructs respectively [5]. Khodarahimi, Hashim and Mohd-Zaharim suggested that workplace relat ionships involve two positive and negative sides, and these factors could be explain by child rearing, attachment, cultural values, socialization and acculturat ions mechanis ms in workp laces and their surrounded cultures [5].…”

“…In fact, all interpersonal relationships build at mu ltiple levels in different social situations and all they have the majo r roles in the hu man men tal wellb eing . Sin ce th e n atu re o f int erp ersonal relat ionsh ips in various social sett ings is phenomenological; and it can be influenced by all things that h av e passed th ro ugh an ind iv idu al's min d in a g iv en situation [5]. Walster, Walster and Berscheid noted that the effects of hu man relat ionsh ips such as sat isfact ion and contribution initially are based upon the personal evaluations of how just or fair the distribution of costs and benefits for each member in a social interaction [6].…”

Factors Affecting Anxiety in Hypertension Patients at M.Th.Djaman General Hospital Sanggau District, West Borneo 2018

“…In research respondents who work less experience anxiety than respondents do not work. Some studies suggest that someone who works in the formal sector has better access to various information, including health (19,35). When linked, someone who works becomes more comfortable to get information about their health and illness, with the information they get can increase their knowledge about hypertension which in turn can reduce anxiety and even eliminate anxiety the disease.…”