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Mental Health and Work Attitudes among People Resuming Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 14; 17(14)IJ

Abstract

The unprecedented outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused an economic downturn and increased the unemployment rate in China. In this context, employees face health and social economic stressors. To assess their mental health (i.e., anxiety, depression, insomnia and somatization) and work attitudes (i.e., work engagement, job satisfaction and turnover intention) as well as the associated factors, we conducted a cross-sectional study among people who resumed work after the Spring Festival holiday during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia and somatization among these people was 12.7%, 13.5%, 20.7% and 6.6%, respectively. The major risk factor for mental health was worrying about unemployment, and the main protective factors were psychological strengths (i.e., resilience and optimism). Regarding work attitudes, the percentage of people who felt more satisfied with their job (43.8%) was larger than that of those who felt less satisfied (26.9%), while the percentage of people who thought about quitting their job more frequently (15.7%) was smaller than that of those who considered it less frequently (63.2%). However, work engagement was lower than usual. Similar to the factors associated with mental health, the major risk factor for work attitudes was also worrying about unemployment, and the main protective factors were resilience and optimism. In addition, the nature of the organization, job status, age, position and income changes were also related to these work attitudes. Our findings shed light on the need for organization administrators to be aware of the status of and factors associated with employees' mental health and work attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies or interventions could be developed based on our findings.

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Song L
CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Wang Y
CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Li Z
School of psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China.
Yang Y
Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China.
Li H
Plateau Center of Brain Sciences, Tibet University, Lasa 850000, China. School of Medicine, Tibet University, Lasa 850000, China.

MeSH

AdultAnxietyBetacoronavirusCOVID-19ChinaCoronavirus InfectionsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansJob SatisfactionMaleMental HealthPandemicsPersonnel TurnoverPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersWork Engagement

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32674361

Citation

Song, Lili, et al. "Mental Health and Work Attitudes Among People Resuming Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Cross-Sectional Study in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 14, 2020.
Song L, Wang Y, Li Z, et al. Mental Health and Work Attitudes among People Resuming Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(14).
Song, L., Wang, Y., Li, Z., Yang, Y., & Li, H. (2020). Mental Health and Work Attitudes among People Resuming Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145059
Song L, et al. Mental Health and Work Attitudes Among People Resuming Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Cross-Sectional Study in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 14;17(14) PubMed PMID: 32674361.
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