Effect of Psychosocial Work Environment and Self-efficacy on Mental Health of Office Workers.
- Author:
Kyung Ja JUNE
;
Eun Suk CHOI
;
Mi Jin PARK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Psychosocial work environment;
Self-efficacy;
Stress;
Depression;
Burn-out
- MeSH:
Depression;
Mental Health;
Social Work
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2013;22(3):228-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study aims to assess the effects of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out among office workers. METHODS: Survey data were collected from 331 office workers who worked in one workplace from April 10 to 30, 2012. The impact of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out was analyzed with hierarchical multiple regression using SAS version 9.3. RESULTS: Work-family conflicts and emotional demands were identified as main factors influencing mental health. Other work environment factors influencing mental health were role clarity for stress, possibilities for development, meaning-of work, social support-from supervisors and job insecurity for depression, and social community at work for burn-out. Self-efficacy was correlated with most psychosocial work environment and factor with independent influence on stress and depression. The final models including general characteristics, psychosocial work environment, and self-efficacy accounted for 34%, 44%, and 36% for stress, depression, and burn-out respectively. CONCLUSION: To promote mental health in office workers, there is a need to decrease work-family conflicts and emotional demands and to improve work organization and job contents, social support, and self-efficacy.
