Chapman Bethany, Swainston Jessica, Grunfeld Elizabeth A, Derakshan Nazanin
Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2020 Oct 29;11:582014. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582014. eCollection 2020.
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively impacted global economies and employment. In the UK, it is predicted that approximately eight million jobs were furloughed as a result of the outbreak and the associated restriction of movement or shielding measures. This study aimed to investigate the impact of changes in employment status on cognitive and emotional health as well as perceptions of work. Furthermore, it examined the relationships between women's job security and anxiety, depression and cognitive function. Women living with breast cancer ( = 234) completed online questionnaires to measure their cognitive function, general emotional well-being, COVID-19 related emotional vulnerability (COVID-EMV), work ability and COVID-19 related perceptions of work. Our results revealed that threat to job security was predictive of depression and cognitive function in the entire sample Such that those with higher levels of perceived job security had lower depression and better cognitive function. Further, women who were furloughed or unable to continue work reported higher job insecurity compared to those who had worked throughout the pandemic. Greater rumination was also associated with worse anxiety and depression as well as poorer cognitive function. Finally, moderation analysis highlighted that women who had better cognitive functioning were less likely to experience anxiety when their job security was high. Given our findings, we suggest that employers provide women with accessible interventions to enhance cognitive and emotional resilience and thus help protect against the detrimental effects of job insecurity created by the COVID-19 outbreak.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的爆发对全球经济和就业产生了负面影响。在英国，据预测，由于疫情爆发以及相关的行动限制或防护措施，约有800万个工作岗位被暂时休假。本研究旨在调查就业状况变化对认知和情绪健康以及工作认知的影响。此外，它还研究了女性的工作安全感与焦虑、抑郁和认知功能之间的关系。234名乳腺癌患者完成了在线问卷，以测量她们的认知功能、总体情绪幸福感、与COVID-19相关的情绪易感性（COVID-EMV）、工作能力以及与COVID-19相关的工作认知。我们的结果显示，工作安全感受到威胁可预测整个样本中的抑郁和认知功能，即那些工作安全感较高的人抑郁程度较低，认知功能较好。此外，与在整个疫情期间一直工作的女性相比，被暂时休假或无法继续工作的女性报告的工作不安全感更高。更多的沉思也与更严重的焦虑和抑郁以及更差的认知功能相关。最后，调节分析强调，认知功能较好的女性在工作安全感较高时不太可能经历焦虑。根据我们的研究结果，我们建议雇主为女性提供可及的干预措施，以增强认知和情绪恢复力，从而帮助抵御COVID-19疫情爆发所造成的工作不安全感的有害影响。
