Special Issue "Occupational Mental Health"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Susana Rubio-Valdehita
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Guest Editor
Department of Social, Work and Differential Psychology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28223 Madrid, Spain
Interests: cognitive neuroscience; health assessment; learning and memory; cognitive development; lean manufacturing; psychological testing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this Occupational Mental Health Special Issue is to focus on studies that increase our understanding of what mental health at work is today and the best strategies and policies to achieve improvements in the mental health of employees. Occupational mental health is related to the ability of people to work productively and creatively, to establish solid and safe relationships, meeting personal and social goals. Positive mental health at work results in a wide range of impacts in terms of social cohesion, economic progress, and sustainable development. Research studies offer strong evidence that companies with high levels of mental health awareness are more successful.

The focus of the articles addressed to the Special Issue can be multidisciplinary and intersectoral, addressing how different disciplines and sectors can come together to develop improvements in occupational mental health.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Employees mental health and job performance and productivity;
  • Human resources strategies and occupational mental health;
  • Organizational psychology and mental health relations;
  • Leadership and job engagement ;
  • Working conditions;
  • Mental workload;
  • Occupational stress and burnout;
  • Mobbing;
  • Gender diversity and occupational mental health;
  • Occupational mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Occupational mental health assessment.

Original papers about the above topics and those related to them are welcome. Submissions may include original research articles or comprehensive reviews.

Dr. Susana Rubio-Valdehita
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • organizational psychology
  • psychosocial risks at work
  • mental workload
  • occupational stress
  • burnout
  • mobbing

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Relevance of Traumatic Events and Routine Stressors at Work and PTSD Symptoms on Emergency Nurses
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6050; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116050 - 27 May 2021
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Emergency nurses are exposed daily to numerous stressful situations that can lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study examined the relationship between traumatic events, routine stressors linked to trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in emergency nurses. [...] Read more.
Emergency nurses are exposed daily to numerous stressful situations that can lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study examined the relationship between traumatic events, routine stressors linked to trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in emergency nurses. For this purpose, a sample of 147 emergency nurses completed the Traumatic and Routine Stressors Scale on Emergency Nurses (TRSS-EN) and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS-5). Results of correlations and moderate multiple regression analyses showed that the emotional impact of routine stressors was associated with a greater number of PTSD symptoms, and, apparently, to greater severity, in comparison to the emotional impact of traumatic events. Furthermore, the emotional impact of traumatic events acts as a moderator, changing the relationship between the emotional impact of routine stressors and PTSD symptoms, in the sense that the bigger the emotional impact of traumatic events, the bigger the relationship between the emotional impact of routine stressors and PTSD symptoms. These results suggest that the exposure to routine work-related stressors, in a context characterized by the presence of traumatic events may make emergency nurses particularly vulnerable to post-traumatic stress reactions. Some prevention measures are suggested according to the results of the study. Full article
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Predicting Job Burnout and Its Antecedents: Evidence from Financial Information Technology Firms
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4680; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094680 - 22 Apr 2021
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Job burnout is a continuing concern for human resource management and mental health at work, as it affects employee productivity and well-being. The present study conceptualizes Kahn’s job engagement theory to predict job burnout through a latent growth model. To test the proposed [...] Read more.
Job burnout is a continuing concern for human resource management and mental health at work, as it affects employee productivity and well-being. The present study conceptualizes Kahn’s job engagement theory to predict job burnout through a latent growth model. To test the proposed model, data were collected by surveying 710 employees of R&D departments of financial information technology firms of Taiwan at multiple points in time over 6 months. Therein, this study found that as employees perceived more ethical leadership, corporate social responsibility, and self-efficacy at Time 1, they were more likely to show increases in job engagement development behavior over time. Further, increases in job engagement development behavior demonstrate their positive relationship with the decrease in job burnout development behavior over time. These findings highlight that the potential dynamic consequences of organizational behaviors can lead to employee career development and occupational mental health. Full article
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