Predictors of mental health in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of experiential avoidance, emotion regulation and resilience
Rodríguez-Rey, Rocío ; Guerra Corral, Marta ; Collazo-Castiñeira, Paula ; Collado, Silvia (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Caro-Carretero, Raquel ; Cantizano, Alexis ; Garrido-Hernansaiz, Helena
Resumen: AbstractAimsThis study explores the mediational role of resilience, experiential avoidance and emotion regulation in the levels of anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Additionally, we explored the association of such levels with personal and professional variables.DesignCross‐sectional study.MethodsHealthcare professionals working in Spain (N = 786) were recruited following a snowball approach in November and December 2021. Resilience, emotion regulation, experiential avoidance, depression, anxiety, PTSD and work‐related variables were measured. Mean differences and correlations were computed, and a path analysis with latent variables (PALV) model was tested.ResultsIn total, 18.8% of the sample scored above the cut‐off score for depression, 24.6% for anxiety and 36.4% for PTSD. Higher resilience and lower experiential avoidance and expression suppression were correlated with better mental health. The PALV model explained 42%–53% of mental health outcomes. Experiential avoidance showed the greatest explanatory power and mediated the impact that stressors had on mental health. Some work‐related variables correlated with greater psychological impact. These factors encompassed being a nurse, feeling that their job remained stressful and had not yet returned to its pre‐pandemic state and having interacted with individuals facing economic difficulties due to the pandemic, and those who had lost their lives to COVID‐19.ConclusionHealthcare workers showed high levels of psychological impact during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Such impact was predicted from some work‐stress variables and the reliance on maladaptive strategies such as experiential avoidance and expressive suppression.ImpactTraining healthcare professionals to use coping strategies incompatible with experiential avoidance may improve their mental health. Additionally, better working conditions are fundamental for reducing the impact of critical situations on healthcare workers' mental health.Patient or Public ContributionNo patient or public contribution.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1111/jan.16122
Año: 2024
Publicado en: Journal of Advanced Nursing 80, 10 (2024), 4089-4102
ISSN: 0309-2402
Factor impacto JCR: 3.4 (2024)
Categ. JCR: NURSING rank: 15 / 192 = 0.078 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: NURSING rank: 15 / 192 = 0.078 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.398 - Nursing (miscellaneous) (Q1)
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
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Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1111/jan.16122
Año: 2024
Publicado en: Journal of Advanced Nursing 80, 10 (2024), 4089-4102
ISSN: 0309-2402
Factor impacto JCR: 3.4 (2024)
Categ. JCR: NURSING rank: 15 / 192 = 0.078 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: NURSING rank: 15 / 192 = 0.078 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.398 - Nursing (miscellaneous) (Q1)
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Exportado de SIDERAL (2025-09-22-14:43:03)
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