Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, s/n, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.
Vet Res Commun. 2024 Oct;48(5):3489-3498. doi: 10.1007/s11259-024-10510-0. Epub 2024 Aug 20.
Individuals working in veterinary field suffer significantly from mental health problems, and research has extensively focused on psychological and work-related predictors of psychological distress. This study intended to approach psychological distress through a positive lens by investigating the predictive role of life satisfaction on psychological distress in veterinary staff, and the mediating effect of compassion satisfaction, resilience and perceived social support.
A total of 868 veterinary staff (i.e. veterinarians, veterinary nurses, veterinary assistants and veterinary administrative staff) completed a web-survey assessing life satisfaction, psychological distress, compassion satisfaction, resilience, and social support.
Life satisfaction negatively predicts psychological distress, and compassion satisfaction and resilience showed a mediation effect on the relationship between life satisfaction and psychological distress, with compassion satisfaction explaining 59% and resilience 6.4% of the effect of life satisfaction on psychological distress.
Current data support the role of life satisfaction as a protective dimension on psychological distress within a broader sample population of veterinary staff in Portugal, highlighting the role of compassion satisfaction and resilience in contributing in minimising distress among veterinary staff.
从事兽医领域工作的个体承受着严重的心理健康问题，研究已广泛关注心理和与工作相关的因素对心理困扰的预测作用。本研究旨在通过积极的视角来探讨心理困扰，调查生活满意度对兽医人员心理困扰的预测作用，以及同情满足感、适应力和感知社会支持的中介作用。
共有 868 名兽医人员（即兽医、兽医护士、兽医助理和兽医行政人员）完成了一项网络调查，评估生活满意度、心理困扰、同情满足感、适应力和社会支持。
生活满意度负向预测心理困扰，而同情满足感和适应力对生活满意度与心理困扰之间的关系具有中介作用，其中同情满足感解释了生活满意度对心理困扰影响的 59%，适应力解释了 6.4%。
目前的数据支持生活满意度作为葡萄牙更广泛兽医人员群体心理困扰的保护维度，强调同情满足感和适应力在减轻兽医人员的困扰方面的作用。
