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CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
卷 40, 期 12, 页码 6271-6274出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01514-z
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Japan; Medical workers; Mental health; Loneliness; COVID-19
The study found that Japanese medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic had poor mental health, with higher levels of mental health problems and loneliness, and lower levels of hope and self-compassion compared to the general population. Loneliness was identified as the strongest predictor of mental health problems among medical workers.
The current pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively impacted medical workers' mental health in many countries including Japan. Although research identified poor mental health of medical workers in COVID-19, protective factors for their mental health remain to be appraised. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate relationships between mental health problems, loneliness, hope and self-compassion among Japanese medical workers, and compare with the general population. Online self-report measures regarding those four constructs were completed by 142 medical workers and 138 individuals in the general population. T-tests and multiple regression analysis were performed. Medical workers had higher levels of mental health problems and loneliness, and lower levels of hope and self-compassion than the general population. Loneliness was the strongest predictor of mental health problems in the medical workers. Findings suggest that Japanese medical workplaces may benefit from targeting workplace loneliness to prevent mental health problems among the medical staff.
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