Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Workplace Mental Health Institute, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2019 Jul 15;34(27):e188. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e188.
This study aimed to investigate resilience as a protective factor for depressive mood and anxiety among Korean employees.
Participants were employees of eight private and local government organizations in Korea, aged 19 to 65 years. A self-report questionnaire that included items on resilience, job stress, levels of depression and anxiety, and socio-demographic factors, was administered to 1,079 Korean employees, with 1,076 valid responses. We performed hierarchical linear regression analyses with the levels of depression and anxiety scores as dependent variables.
Being women and having a high level of job stress were associated with greater depressive mood and anxiety. In contrast, resilience was negatively related to depressive mood and anxiety, after adjusting for demographic variables and the level of job stress. Among the five factors for resilience, "support" and "hardiness" were protective factors for depressive mood and anxiety after adjusting for demographic variables and the level of job stress.
Based on the results of the current study, we suggest that focusing on the resilience of employees, especially on "support" and "hardiness," factors as well as developing and engaging in interventions that increase resilience in the workplace, can protect against depressive mood and anxiety, especially for those with high levels of job stress.
本研究旨在探讨韧性作为保护因素，对韩国员工抑郁情绪和焦虑的影响。
参与者为韩国八家私营和地方政府组织的员工，年龄在 19 至 65 岁之间。共向 1079 名韩国员工发放了一份包含韧性、工作压力、抑郁和焦虑水平以及社会人口因素的自我报告问卷，其中 1076 份为有效回复。我们以抑郁和焦虑得分作为因变量进行了分层线性回归分析。
女性和高水平的工作压力与更大的抑郁情绪和焦虑有关。相反，在调整了人口统计学变量和工作压力水平后，韧性与抑郁情绪和焦虑呈负相关。在韧性的五个因素中，“支持”和“坚韧”是调整人口统计学变量和工作压力水平后，对抑郁情绪和焦虑的保护因素。
基于本研究的结果，我们建议关注员工的韧性，特别是“支持”和“坚韧”，以及在工作场所开发和实施旨在提高韧性的干预措施，以预防抑郁情绪和焦虑，特别是对于那些工作压力较高的人。
