Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education.
Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 May 21;100(20):e26028. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026028.
Construction work can negatively affect artisans' mental health in the form of stress. This research investigated the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on occupational stress among Nigerian construction trade artisans in the building construction sector.
In this randomized controlled study involving 3 waves of data collection, 140 construction trade artisans who presented with high occupational stress symptoms at the study onset were assigned randomly to either a treatment condition (n = 70) or to a waitlist control condition (n = 70). The study involved pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments and a 3-months follow-up. The artisans' occupational stress questionnaire and artisans' dysfunctional thoughts at work scale were the data collection instruments.
Results revealed a significant effect of group on artisans' occupational stress and dysfunctional thoughts at work. Also, significant effects of time on artisans' occupational stress and dysfunctional thoughts at work were recorded. Finally, group × time interaction effects on artisans' occupational stress and dysfunctional thoughts at work were significant.
Cognitive behavioral intervention effectively reduced occupational stress symptoms and dysfunctional thoughts at work among Nigerian construction trade artisans compared with a waitlist control condition.
建筑施工会以压力的形式对工匠的心理健康产生负面影响。本研究调查了认知行为干预对尼日利亚建筑行业建筑工匠职业压力的影响。
在这项涉及 3 轮数据收集的随机对照研究中，140 名在研究开始时表现出高职业压力症状的建筑工匠被随机分配到治疗组（n=70）或候补名单对照组（n=70）。研究包括治疗前和治疗后评估以及 3 个月的随访。工匠职业压力问卷和工匠工作中的功能失调性思维量表是数据收集工具。
结果显示，组间对工匠的职业压力和工作中的功能失调性思维有显著影响。此外，还记录了时间对工匠职业压力和工作中的功能失调性思维的显著影响。最后，工匠职业压力和工作中的功能失调性思维的组间时间交互效应具有统计学意义。
与候补名单对照组相比，认知行为干预可有效降低尼日利亚建筑行业工匠的职业压力症状和工作中的功能失调性思维。
