BACKGROUND Several occupational stress studies of healthcare workers have predicted a high prevalence of anxiety symptoms, which can affect their quality of life and the care that they provide. However, few studies have been conducted among community healthcare workers in China. We attempted to explore whether burnout mediates the association between occupational stress and anxiety symptoms. ...

Based on the existing literature on worldview beliefs, cynical hostility, and Machiavellian cynicism, we suggest that holding cynical beliefs about human nature can be detrimental for individuals’ income. Cynical individuals are more likely to avoid cooperation and trust or to overinvest in monitoring, control, and other means of protection from potential exploitation. As a result, they are mor...

Level of education is a predictor of a range of important outcomes, such as political interest and cynicism, social trust, health, well-being, and intergroup attitudes. We address a gap in the literature by analyzing the strength and stability of the education effect associated with this diverse range of outcomes across three surveys covering the period 1986-2011, including novel latent growth ...

This study examines the factorial structure of a new instrument to measure engagement, the hypothesized ‘opposite’ of burnout in a sample of university students (N = 314) and employees (N = 619). In addition, the factorial structure of the Maslach-Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) is assessed and the relationship between engagement and burnout is examined. Simultaneous confirmatory fact...

AIM To examine the effects of a Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) on the emotional health and well-being among five levels of healthcare managers. BACKGROUND Increasingly dynamic, demanding healthcare environments result in highly stressful work atmospheres. METHODS Using quasi-experimental and mixed methods, we used regression on pre- and post-LDI survey data with 86 managers, and in...

Abstract The aim of the study was to enhance understanding how seventh graders vary in emotional engagement and experienced well-being at school terms anxiety cynicism. two profiles were explored, comparisons made between students general education those special education. participants comprised 119 Finland–Swedish from five secondary schools. Four emotional-engagement identified based on clust...

Misinformation can be easily spread with the click of a button, but cause irreversible harm and negatively impact news consumers’ ability to discern false information. Some prior work suggests that older adults may engage (read, share, or believe) misinformation at higher rates than others. However, engagement explanations vary. In an effort understand adults' better, we investigate experiences...