Borrelli I, Melcore G, Perrotta A, Santoro P E, Rossi M F, Moscato U
Department of Health Science and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Occupational Health Section, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Occup Med (Lond). 2024 Sep 23;74(6):449-454. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqae065.
Ethical climate in the workplace has been highlighted to have an important impact on workers' mental health; the evaluation of workplace ethics and its impact on workers' health should be considered an occupational health issue.
The present study aims to investigate ethical climate as perceived by workers, and its correlation with mental health outcomes, in particular, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress.
A cross-sectional study was performed by administering an online survey, investigating socio-demographic variables, workplace ethics (through the Italian short version of the Corporate Ethical Virtues questionnaire) and mental health outcomes (using the short version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale). Descriptive analyses, analyses of variance and regression models were performed; P-values were considered significant for values ≤0.05.
The sample included 176 workers; the mean age of participants was 46.22 years and 44% were males. The most represented job sector was health care (37%), and 42% of participants had college-level education. Ethical climate was significantly correlated with all mental health outcomes investigated in the study: anxiety (P ≤ 0.001), depression (P ≤ 0.05) and stress (P ≤ 0.05).
Results from this study highlighted a significant correlation between workplace ethical climate and depression, anxiety and stress. This study underlines the importance of evaluating and improving ethical climate to prevent the onset of psychological distress in workers. Furthermore, results from this study should be a starting point for future research investigating the role of ethics and mental health in employees' turnover intention and job satisfaction.
工作场所的道德氛围已被强调对员工心理健康有重要影响；对工作场所道德及其对员工健康的影响进行评估应被视为一个职业健康问题。
本研究旨在调查员工所感知的道德氛围，以及它与心理健康结果，特别是抑郁、焦虑和压力症状之间的相关性。
通过进行在线调查开展一项横断面研究，调查社会人口统计学变量、工作场所道德（通过意大利语简化版的企业道德美德问卷）和心理健康结果（使用抑郁、焦虑和压力量表简化版）。进行了描述性分析、方差分析和回归模型分析；P值≤0.05时被认为具有统计学意义。
样本包括176名员工；参与者的平均年龄为46.22岁，44%为男性。最具代表性的工作领域是医疗保健（37%），42%的参与者拥有大学学历。道德氛围与本研究调查的所有心理健康结果均显著相关：焦虑（P≤0.001）、抑郁（P≤0.05）和压力（P≤0.05）。
本研究结果突出了工作场所道德氛围与抑郁、焦虑和压力之间的显著相关性。本研究强调了评估和改善道德氛围以预防员工心理困扰发生的重要性。此外，本研究结果应成为未来研究调查道德与心理健康在员工离职意愿和工作满意度中作用的起点。
