Positive orientation, job satisfaction and psychological well-being of mental health practitioners in Malaysia

Park, MS-A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-6856, Goto, N, Kennedy, A, Raj, S, Dutson, A, Park, L and Sovet, L, 2020. Positive orientation, job satisfaction and psychological well-being of mental health practitioners in Malaysia. Psychology, Health and Medicine. ISSN 1354-8506

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Abstract

Mental health practitioners in many developing countries are faced with high job demands and a lack of institutional support. Given their high levels of work-related stress, it is important to identify mechanisms that help them to maintain psychological well-being and job satisfaction. Recent research has focused on the role that positive orientation (POS) may play in mediating the negative impact of stress on individual well-being. The present study investigated whether POS predicts mental health practitioners’ perceived levels of stress, mental health and job satisfaction. If POS measures a person’s tendency to take a positive attitude to life and their ability to cope with difficulties, a high POS could be linked to reduced levels of stress and increased levels of job satisfaction and well-being. This study examined associations between self-reported POS and psychological outcomes in a sample of 100 Malaysian mental health practitioners. The results showed that POS significantly predicted job satisfaction positively and mental health issues and perceived stress negatively, even when socio-demographic variables were controlled. Overall, we found a strong effect of POS on individual functioning across the sample of mental health practitioners. Our results have implications for improving practitioner wellbeing and job satisfaction.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psychology, Health and Medicine
Creators:	Park, M.S.-A., Goto, N., Kennedy, A., Raj, S., Dutson, A., Park, L. and Sovet, L.
Publisher:	Routledge
Date:	5 August 2020
ISSN:	1354-8506
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/13548506.2020.1804599 DOI 1385688 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	06 Nov 2020 12:55
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2021 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41540

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