Yıldırım, M., Akgül, O., Geçer, E., Bal, F., Akgül, O., Aziz, I. A., Chirico, F., Szarpak, L., & Rizzo, A.
COVID-19 impact and job satisfaction among mental health professionals: Mediating roles of resilience and social connectedness
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.
Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 2024, Vol. 31, pp. 537-550, DOI: 10.4473/TPM31.4.7
