COVID-19 IMPACT AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: MEDIATING ROLES OF RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, cilt.31, sa.4, ss.537-550, 2024 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.4473/tpm31.4.7
- Dergi Adı: TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.537-550
- Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19 impact, Resilience, Social connectedness, Job satisfaction, Mental health professionals
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
COVID-19 impact has adversely affected the well-being and mental health of individuals in the world including job satisfaction. Yet, there is a shortage of evidence regarding the underlying mechanism of change. Building on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study aimed to investigate whether resilience and social connectedness mediated the association of COVID-19 impact with job satisfaction in a large sample of mental health professionals. Participants included 763 Turkish mental health professionals (87.81% females) aged 24-65 years (Mage = 28.24 years, SD = 4.48), who completed the measures of COVID-19 impact, resilience, social connectedness, and job satisfaction. The results showed that COVID-19’s impact was significantly related to resilience, social connectedness, and job satisfaction. The results also indicated that resilience and social connectedness fully mediated the association between COVID-19 impact and job satisfaction. These findings are useful given the shortage of intervention efforts aimed at the COVID-19 impact. Future interventions focusing on minimizing the COVID-19 impact and related outcomes may benefit from resilience and social connectedness.