Renzi Alessia, Reho Matteo, Tomai Manuela, Scialanga Micaela, Cordella Barbara
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 18;16:1612940. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1612940. eCollection 2025.
Well-being is a complex and structured construct recently studied in aviation, primarily through self-report measures. The primary aim of this study is to explore aviation crews' representations of well-being using the Emotional Text Mining (ETM) method. A secondary aim is to examine whether different representations are associated with occupational variables.
492 participants (302 males) completed an online survey via SurveyMonkey, including an open-ended question prompting them to describe their perception of well-being. Additionally, socio-occupational variables were collected. The texts were analyzed using ETM, identifying how a social group emotionally symbolizes a topic.
The analysis revealed three clusters: (1) Material and Family Stability, (2) Individual Self-Development, and (3) Connection and Social Realization. These clusters are positioned within a factorial space defined by two factors: one contrasting individual vs. social representations of well-being and the other differentiating well-being as a set of given elements vs. an active, evolving process. No associations with occupational variables were found.
The findings suggest a concept of well-being in which the work dimension is considered only marginally, primarily for its material and economic value, and not as part of a broader sense of personal fulfillment. Administering the survey within a workplace setting may have heightened social desirability bias, potentially influenced by fears of professional repercussions.
幸福感是一个复杂且结构化的概念，最近在航空领域得到研究，主要通过自我报告测量方法。本研究的主要目的是使用情感文本挖掘（ETM）方法探索航空机组人员对幸福感的认知。次要目的是检验不同的认知是否与职业变量相关。
492名参与者（302名男性）通过SurveyMonkey完成了一项在线调查，其中包括一个开放式问题，促使他们描述自己对幸福感的看法。此外，还收集了社会职业变量。使用ETM对文本进行分析，确定一个社会群体如何在情感上象征一个主题。
分析揭示了三个类别：（1）物质和家庭稳定，（2）个人自我发展，以及（3）联系和社会实现。这些类别位于由两个因素定义的因子空间内：一个因素对比幸福感的个人与社会认知，另一个因素区分幸福感是一组既定元素还是一个积极的、不断演变的过程。未发现与职业变量相关。
研究结果表明了一种幸福感概念，其中工作维度仅被略微考虑，主要是因其物质和经济价值，而非作为更广泛的个人成就感的一部分。在工作场所环境中进行调查可能会加剧社会期望偏差，这可能受到对职业影响的担忧的影响。
