mohamad mehdi; hassan ghaffari; Alieh Mehdi Nejad; Golbahar Pouranjenar
Abstract
Introduction
Mental health is affected by many problems such as organizational trauma. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of organizational trauma on nurses' mental health with the moderating role of psychological hardiness.
Method
This research is a descriptive-survey study. ...
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Introduction
Mental health is affected by many problems such as organizational trauma. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of organizational trauma on nurses' mental health with the moderating role of psychological hardiness.
Method
This research is a descriptive-survey study. The statistical population of the present research included nurses of some selected AJA hospitals, of which 162 nurses were selected by stratified random sampling method. For data collection, standard questionnaires of Dulaty and Deyhimpuor’ Organizational Trauma (2018), Gabedberg and Hiller’ Mental Health (1979), and Kiamarsi et al.’ Psychological Hardiness (1998) were used. Regression analysis and SPSS-22 software were used for data analysis.
Results
The results showed that organizational trauma has a negative and significant relationship with mental health (β=-0.64, p<0.001), but the moderating role of psychological hardiness in the relationship between organizational trauma and mental health was not significant.
Discussion
Based on the research results if we want decreasing the organizational trauma effect, it is recommended to address issues such as positive thinking training, increasing nurses 'life expectancy, and increasing perceived organizational support.
Mohsen Shokoohi-Yekta; Negin Motamed Yeganeh; Ameneh Shakeri
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IntroductionEarly findings that urban bus drivers are liable to suffer from mental health problems as a result of high levels of job stress, remain true today. The research needs to concentrate on practical interventions that are systematically implemented and evaluated to improve the mental health of ...
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IntroductionEarly findings that urban bus drivers are liable to suffer from mental health problems as a result of high levels of job stress, remain true today. The research needs to concentrate on practical interventions that are systematically implemented and evaluated to improve the mental health of bus drivers. The current study aims to investigate the effectiveness of psycho-social skills training on interpersonal forgiveness and social anxiety of urban bus drivers in Tehran.MethodThe training project of the bus drivers of Tehran bus driving company started in 2013 and it is implemented in different phases on drivers who are aplicants of employment in bus driving company in Tehran. This study utilized a quasi- experimental research method with pre-test & post-test design. 41 urban bus drivers with an average age of 43.95 (SD = 9.87) were trained in the areas of anger management, revenge driving, effective communication, and stress management over 9 sessions, 80 minutes each. To evaluate the effectiveness of the training program, Interpersonal Forgiveness Inventory (IFI) and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) were used. ResultsStatistical analysis showed that the training program has a positive effect on the levels of recomunicating and controlling revenge, resentment control, realistic understanding and also on the overall forgiveness score, and had a significant impact on increasing the ability of drivers to control their resentment (P> 0.05). Also, our results showed that the intervention had a significant effect on reducing social interaction anxiety in bus drivers (P> 0.05). DiscussionTraining in psycho-social skills could be used as part of the well-being program to improve the mental health of urban bus drivers. It is also expected that these trainings by focusing on cognitive and behavioral components will have a positive effect on improving the performance of bus drivers, as well ad the efficiency of the transportation system.
Saleh Rahimi; Tahereh Mirzaie; Faramarz Soheili
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Introduction Whether employees have control over job stress, their mental health, and organizational commitment will increase. One of the main factors for measuring the superiority of one organization to another one is its employees. Commitment and the mental health of employees increase job performance, ...
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Introduction Whether employees have control over job stress, their mental health, and organizational commitment will increase. One of the main factors for measuring the superiority of one organization to another one is its employees. Commitment and the mental health of employees increase job performance, productivity, and effectiveness of the organization. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of job stress with mental health and organizational commitment in employees of Ilam province public librarians. Method The present research was a descriptive correlational study that was conducted by a survey method. The statistical population of this study included 123 employees of Ilam province public librarians. Mayer and Allen’s Organizational Commitment (1990), Goldberg’ General Health (1972), and Cooper et al.’ Job Stress (1988) Qquestionnaires were used for data gathering. The reliability of all questionnaires was calculated through Cronbach's alpha. Sstructural equation modeling in Lisrel software was used for data analysis. Results Results showed that, there was no significant relationship between job stress and mental health. The relationship of job stress and organizational commitment was negative and significant. Discussion Results showed that job stress decreases organizational commitment, therefore, libraries managers should pay attention to this issue, and should try to reduce the job stress of the workplace.
Abdolah Tahmasbi
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Introduction One of the important concerns of a healthy organization is physical and mental health of its employees. Work can satisfy some basic human needs, but can also be a major source of job stress and low levels of mental health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship ...
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Introduction One of the important concerns of a healthy organization is physical and mental health of its employees. Work can satisfy some basic human needs, but can also be a major source of job stress and low levels of mental health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between job burnout and mental health with the moderating role of psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem. Method The research method was a descriptive one. The statistical population consisted of all staff and line employees of Khuzestan Province Gas Company (N=320). Accordingly, all members of the population formed the research sample. 263 questionnaires were returned among the distributed questionnaires. By eliminating the incomplete questionnaires, the final sample for testing the hypotheses was 242. From this sample, 185 were men. The mean and standard deviation of the age of the sample was 39.81 and 9.53, respectively, with 14.58 and 8.91 years of work experience. For data collecting, Mental Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979), Job Burnout Questionnaire (Maslach, 1981), Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (Kiamarsi, 1997) and Organization-Based Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Pierce et al., 1989) were used. Results The results of the regression analysis showed that job burnout had a negative and significant relationship with mental health. In other words, job burnout had significant power in predicting mental health (β= -0.73, p < 0.001). Also, standard coefficient of regression of interaction of job burnout with psychological hardiness was significant (β= -0.58, p < 0.001). Also, the interaction of organization-based self-esteem with job burnout was significant (β= -0.28, p < 0.010,). Thus, the effects of job burnout on mental health have been moderated by psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem. Discussion The results indicated that job burnout has a negative relationship with employees' mental health. Therefore, it is suggested that conflict resolution, negotiation, stress management skills and ... training to increase the staff's ability to cope with stress and reduce the likelihood of job burnout. Also, the results showed that psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem were able to moderate the relationship between job burnout and mental health. Based on these results, it is recommended to train individuals on ways to increase psychological hardiness and organization-based self-esteem through educational programs.
Seyed Mohamad ali Mousavi; Hadi Farhadi
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management virtual training on employees’ work-family conflict, general health, quality of life and mental health. Method This research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, ...
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management virtual training on employees’ work-family conflict, general health, quality of life and mental health. Method This research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all employees of Isfahan steel company. From this population 30 employees were selected by convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned in experimental and control groups (each 15 employees). The instruments included work-family conflict, general health, quality of life and mental health questionnaires. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) used for data analysis. Results Theresults showed that there was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups in terms of work-family conflict, general health, quality of life and mental health. Discussion According to findings of this study, cognitive-behavioral stress management virtual training is suggested regarding employees’ work-family conflict, general health, quality of life and mental health.
Sedigheh Taraghijah
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational structure on different aspects of employees' mental health in the engineering and technology colleges. The sample was 125 employees who were working in in Kermanshah engineering and technology colleges. Questionnaires were robin's ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational structure on different aspects of employees' mental health in the engineering and technology colleges. The sample was 125 employees who were working in in Kermanshah engineering and technology colleges. Questionnaires were robin's organizational structure and SCL90 questionnaires. Results indicated that there a significant correlation between various aspects of organization structure and mental health specifically, there were significant negative correlations between organizational structure with anxiety, depression and obsession. Thus, it is proposed that to attain a healthy organizational environment, manages should consider the effective organizational structures.
Neko Adeli Nasab; Sayyed Esmail Hashemi; Abdulzahra Naami
Volume 1, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 73-94
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between happiness at work and job performance, mental health and turnover intention considering the mediating role of job stress and work-family facilitation.Two hundred and thirty one employees of Fouladin Zob Amol (F.Z.A) Company were selected ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between happiness at work and job performance, mental health and turnover intention considering the mediating role of job stress and work-family facilitation.Two hundred and thirty one employees of Fouladin Zob Amol (F.Z.A) Company were selected by stratified random sampling as participants of this study.In order to collect data, the participants were asked to complete questionnaires such as work engagement, affective well-being, job performance, mental health, turnover intention, job stress and work-family facilitation.Fitness of the proposed model was examined through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), using SPSS-19 and AMOS-19 software packages. The indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure. Findings indicated that the proposed model fit the data well. Better fit was obtained by correlating two-tailed errors. Findings also showed that all direct and indirect paths were significant.Besides, the results of this study supported the positive indirect effects of happiness at work on job performance, mental health and turnover intention considering the mediating role of job stress and work-family facilitation. Thus, this study underscores the practical benefits of fostering happiness in the workplace.Considering the importance of happiness to key organizational and personal outcomes such as mental health, turnover intention and job performance, the results can provide a guide for increasing happiness in organizations.
