Job Satisfaction and Psychological Distress among Help-Seeking Men: Does Meaning in Life Play a Role?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
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1. Job satisfaction | |||
2. Meaning in life | 0.51 * | ||
3. Anxiety/Depression | −0.43 * | −0.46 * | |
4. Anger | −0.29 * | −0.36 * | 0.55 * |
DV: Meaning in Life | F | R2 | b | SE | t | p |
14.31 | 0.28 | <0.001 | ||||
Job satisfaction | 0.95 | 0.11 | 8.33 | <0.001 | ||
Age | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.85 | ||
Annual income | 0.52 | 1.18 | 0.44 | 0.66 | ||
Employment level | 0.87 | 1.42 | 0.62 | 0.54 | ||
General impact of COVID on mental health | −0.33 | 0.64 | −0.52 | 0.60 | ||
COVID-related financial stress | −1.00 | 0.43 | −2.31 | 0.02 | ||
DV: Symptoms of anxiety/depression | F | R2 | b | SE | t | p |
18.88 | 0.37 | <0.001 | ||||
Job satisfaction | −0.17 | 0.05 | −3.28 | 0.001 | ||
Meaning in life | −0.12 | 0.03 | −4.59 | <0.001 | ||
Age | −0.03 | 0.02 | −1.74 | 0.08 | ||
Annual income | −0.27 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.56 | ||
Employment level | 0.02 | 0.56 | 0.03 | 0.98 | ||
General impact of COVID on mental health | 1.20 | 0.25 | 4.77 | <0.001 | ||
COVID-related financial stress | 0.33 | 0.17 | 1.88 | 0.06 | ||
Bootstrap results for indirect effect | Effect | SE | LLCI | ULCI | ||
Job satisfaction via Meaning in life | −0.12 | 0.03 | −0.22 | −0.04 | ||
DV: Anger | F | R2 | b | SE | t | p |
7.12 | 0.18 | <0.001 | ||||
Job satisfaction | −0.11 | 0.07 | −1.52 | 0.13 | ||
Meaning in life | −0.13 | 0.04 | −3.65 | <0.001 | ||
Age | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.95 | ||
Annual income | −0.33 | 0.65 | −0.51 | 0.61 | ||
Employment level | −0.18 | 0.78 | −0.23 | 0.82 | ||
General impact of COVID on mental health | 0.99 | 0.35 | 2.82 | <0.01 | ||
COVID-related financial stress | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.98 | 0.33 | ||
Bootstrap results for indirect effect | Effect | SE | LLCI | ULCI | ||
Job satisfaction via Meaning in life | −0.13 | 0.04 | −0.25 | −0.02 |
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Simard, A.A.P.; Seidler, Z.E.; Oliffe, J.L.; Rice, S.M.; Kealy, D.; Walther, A.; Ogrodniczuk, J.S. Job Satisfaction and Psychological Distress among Help-Seeking Men: Does Meaning in Life Play a Role? Behav. Sci. 2022, 12, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030058
Simard AAP, Seidler ZE, Oliffe JL, Rice SM, Kealy D, Walther A, Ogrodniczuk JS. Job Satisfaction and Psychological Distress among Help-Seeking Men: Does Meaning in Life Play a Role? Behavioral Sciences. 2022; 12(3):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030058
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimard, Aiden A. P., Zac E. Seidler, John L. Oliffe, Simon M. Rice, David Kealy, Andreas Walther, and John S. Ogrodniczuk. 2022. "Job Satisfaction and Psychological Distress among Help-Seeking Men: Does Meaning in Life Play a Role?" Behavioral Sciences 12, no. 3: 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030058
APA StyleSimard, A. A. P., Seidler, Z. E., Oliffe, J. L., Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Walther, A., & Ogrodniczuk, J. S. (2022). Job Satisfaction and Psychological Distress among Help-Seeking Men: Does Meaning in Life Play a Role? Behavioral Sciences, 12(3), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030058