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COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people worldwide. We conducted an international survey (n = 3646) examining the degree to which people's appraisals and coping activities around the pandemic predicted their health and well-being. We obtained subsamples from 12 countries—Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Turkey and the United States. For each, we assessed appraisals and coping strategies as well as indicators of physical and mental health and well-being. Results indicated that, despite mean-level societal differences in outcomes, the pattern of appraisals and coping strategies predicting health and well-being was consistent across countries. Use of disengagement coping (particularly behavioural disengagement and self-isolation) was associated with relatively negative outcomes. In contrast, optimistic appraisals (particularly of high accommodation-focused coping potential and the ability to meet one's physical needs), use of problem-focused coping strategies (especially problem-solving) and accommodative coping strategies (especially positive reappraisal and self-encouragement) were associated with relatively positive outcomes. Our study highlights the critical importance of considering accommodative coping in stress and coping research. It also provides important information on how people have been dealing with the pandemic, the predictors of well-being under pandemic conditions and the generality of such relations.
Leslie D. Kirby; Weiqiang Qian; Zafer Adiguzel; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Margarita Bakracheva; María C. Orejarena Ballestas; José Fernando A. Cruz; Arobindu Dash; Claudia Dias; Maria J. Ferreira; Johanna G. Goosen; Shanmukh V. Kamble; Nikolay L. Mihaylov; Fada Pan; Rui Sofia; Mirre Stallen; Maya Tamir; Wilco W. van Dijk; Joar Vittersø; Craig A. Smith. Appraisal and coping predict health and well‐being during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: An international approach. International Journal of Psychology 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleLeslie D. Kirby, Weiqiang Qian, Zafer Adiguzel, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Margarita Bakracheva, María C. Orejarena Ballestas, José Fernando A. Cruz, Arobindu Dash, Claudia Dias, Maria J. Ferreira, Johanna G. Goosen, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Nikolay L. Mihaylov, Fada Pan, Rui Sofia, Mirre Stallen, Maya Tamir, Wilco W. van Dijk, Joar Vittersø, Craig A. Smith. Appraisal and coping predict health and well‐being during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: An international approach. International Journal of Psychology. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeslie D. Kirby; Weiqiang Qian; Zafer Adiguzel; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Margarita Bakracheva; María C. Orejarena Ballestas; José Fernando A. Cruz; Arobindu Dash; Claudia Dias; Maria J. Ferreira; Johanna G. Goosen; Shanmukh V. Kamble; Nikolay L. Mihaylov; Fada Pan; Rui Sofia; Mirre Stallen; Maya Tamir; Wilco W. van Dijk; Joar Vittersø; Craig A. Smith. 2021. "Appraisal and coping predict health and well‐being during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: An international approach." International Journal of Psychology , no. : 1.
The evidence on the predictors of mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed contradictory findings, which prevent effective screening for mental health assistance. This study aims to identify the predictors of mental health issues, specifically examining age as a nonlinear predictor. Based on a survey of 474 adults using snowball sampling under the COVID-19 pandemic during April 1th–10th, 2020, in Iran, we found that age had a curvilinear relationship with nonsomatic pain, depression, and anxiety. Specifically, it predicted pain, depression, and anxiety disorders, negatively among adults younger than 45 years, yet positively among seniors older than 70 years. Adults who were female, were unsure about their chronic diseases, or exercised less were more likely to have mental health issues. This study, being the first paper to examine age curvilinearly, suggests future research to pay more attention to nonlinear predictors of mental health disorders in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jiyao Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Yifei Wang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Khaled Nawaser. The Relationship Between Age and Mental Health Among Adults in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2021, 1 -16.
AMA StyleJiyao Chen, Stephen X. Zhang, Yifei Wang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Maryam Mokhtari Dinani, Abbas Nazarian Madavani, Khaled Nawaser. The Relationship Between Age and Mental Health Among Adults in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2021; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiyao Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Yifei Wang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Khaled Nawaser. 2021. "The Relationship Between Age and Mental Health Among Adults in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , no. : 1-16.
There is little research examining how individuals’ daily experience during a pandemic affects their daily mental health status and work performance. To address this knowledge gap, we invoke conservation of resources theory to propose a resource‐based framework explaining how individuals’ daily COVID‐19 intrusive experience affects their daily mental health status (depression and anxiety) and work performance via its effect on daily psychosocial resource loss and gain; We further examine whether their supervisors’ daily visionary leadership behaviour alleviates the adverse impacts of daily COVID‐19 intrusive experience. Results, based on daily diary data from 139 football players (or soccer players) at 15 professional football clubs over 5 days during the COVID‐19 pandemic, provided support for our predictions. Our study extends the literature by providing previously undocumented evidence on daily within‐person variations in mental health status and work performance during a pandemic and by offering theory‐driven insights into the mediating and moderating mechanisms involved in within‐person variations.
Shuhua Sun; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Mehdi Jahanshahi. Drilling under the COVID‐19 pandemic: A diary study of professional football players' mental health and workout performance. Stress and Health 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleShuhua Sun, Stephen X. Zhang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Mehdi Jahanshahi. Drilling under the COVID‐19 pandemic: A diary study of professional football players' mental health and workout performance. Stress and Health. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShuhua Sun; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Mehdi Jahanshahi. 2021. "Drilling under the COVID‐19 pandemic: A diary study of professional football players' mental health and workout performance." Stress and Health , no. : 1.
Purpose: Healthcare staff operate at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and hence face enormous physical and mental pressures. We aim to investigate healthcare staff’s mental health issues and the associated predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this paper aims to identify some unique predictors of healthcare staff’s mental health issues in Iran, the second country after China to experience a major COVID-19 crisis. Methods: An online survey of 280 healthcare staff in all 31 provinces of Iran assessed staff’s mental distress (K6), depression, and anxiety (PHQ-4) during April 5– 20, 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis. Results: Nearly a third of healthcare staff surpassed the cutoff for distress, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Females or more educated healthcare staff were more likely to experience distress. Those who were unsure whether they had COVID-19 were more likely to experience distress and depression symptoms. The number of COVID-19 cases among a healthcare worker’s colleagues or friends positively predicted the worker’s anxiety symptoms. Amongst healthcare staff, doctors were less likely than radiology technologists to experience distress and anxiety symptoms. Technicians and obstetrics staff experienced fewer anxiety symptoms. The age and the weekly working days of healthcare staff interacted such that age is asignificant predictor of mental health issues among younger but not older healthcare staff. Conclusion: The identification of the predictors of mental health issues can guide healthcare organizations to screen healthcare workers who are more likely to be mentally vulnerable in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Haitong Gong; Stephen X Zhang; Khaled Nawaser; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Xingzi Xu; Jizhen Li; Afsaneh Bagheri. The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff Working During the COVID-19 Crisis: Their Working Hours as a Boundary Condition. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2021, ume 14, 1073 -1081.
AMA StyleHaitong Gong, Stephen X Zhang, Khaled Nawaser, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Xingzi Xu, Jizhen Li, Afsaneh Bagheri. The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff Working During the COVID-19 Crisis: Their Working Hours as a Boundary Condition. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2021; ume 14 ():1073-1081.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHaitong Gong; Stephen X Zhang; Khaled Nawaser; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Xingzi Xu; Jizhen Li; Afsaneh Bagheri. 2021. "The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff Working During the COVID-19 Crisis: Their Working Hours as a Boundary Condition." Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare ume 14, no. : 1073-1081.
Healthcare workers are under such a tremendous amount of pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic that many have become concerned about their jobs and even intend to leave them. It is paramount for healthcare workers to feel satisfied with their jobs and lives during a pandemic. This study aims to examine the predictors of job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 10 and 30 April 2020, 240 healthcare workers in Bolivia completed a cross-sectional online survey, which assessed their job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The results revealed that their number of office days predicted job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention, but the relationships varied by their age. For example, healthcare workers’ office days negatively predicted job satisfaction for the young (e.g., at 25 years old: b = − 0.21; 95% CI: − 0.36 to − 0.60) but positively predicted job satisfaction for the old (e.g., at 65 years old: b = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.44). These findings provide evidence to enable healthcare organizations to identify staff concerned about job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention to enable early actions so that these staffs can remain motivated to fight the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Healthcare Workers Not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2021, 1 -10.
AMA StyleStephen X. Zhang, Jiyao Chen, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Healthcare Workers Not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2021; ():1-10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. 2021. "Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Healthcare Workers Not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs." International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , no. : 1-10.
The environmentally responsible behavior of employees at the workplace can benefit business organizations in particular and society in general. According to previous studies, positive psychological capital has been used frequently for predicting employees’ work attitudes and behaviors. In this article, we are seeking to understand whether people with a higher (lower) level of positive psychological capital − hopeful thinking, optimism, and resilience − engage more (less) in environmentally responsible behaviors in the workplace especially when they perceived a high (low) level of environmental justice To test the study hypotheses, we collected survey data from 196 randomly selected employees working in 35 private small-sized businesses in Bangladesh. This study showed that employees with higher levels of positive psychological capital engage more in environmentally responsible behaviors at the workplace. The results showed that when employees are treated fairly in the workplace, those with a high level of hopeful thinking and resilience are more likely to engage in environmentally responsible behaviors at work.
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Tahereh Maghsoudi; Najla Shafighi. Employees' environmentally responsible behavior: the critical role of environmental justice perception. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 2020, 17, 1 -14.
AMA StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Tahereh Maghsoudi, Najla Shafighi. Employees' environmentally responsible behavior: the critical role of environmental justice perception. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. 2020; 17 (1):1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Tahereh Maghsoudi; Najla Shafighi. 2020. "Employees' environmentally responsible behavior: the critical role of environmental justice perception." Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 17, no. 1: 1-14.
Background: This study aims to identify individuals’ likelihood of being COVID negative or positive, enabling more targeted infectious disease prevention and control when there is a shortage of COVID-19 testing kits. Methods: We conducted a primary survey of 521 adults on April 1– 10, 2020 in Iran, where 3% reported being COVID-19 positive and 15% were unsure whether they were infected. This relatively high positive rate enabled us to conduct the analysis at the 5% significance level. Results: Adults who exercised more were more likely to be COVID-19 negative. Each additional hour of exercise per day predicted a 78% increase in the likelihood of being COVID-19 negative. Adults with chronic health issues were 48% more likely to be COVID-19 negative. Those working from home were the most likely to be COVID-19 negative, and those who had stopped working due to the pandemic were the most likely to be COVID-19 positive. Adults employed in larger organizations were less likely to be COVID-19 positive. Conclusion: This study enables more targeted infectious disease prevention and control by identifying the risk factors of COVID-19 infections from a set of readily accessible information. We hope this research opens a new research avenue to predict the individual likelihood of COVID-19 infection by risk factors.
Stephen X Zhang; Shuhua Sun; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Yifei Wang; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Jizhen Li; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani. Beyond Predicting the Number of Infections: Predicting Who is Likely to Be COVID Negative or Positive. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 2020, ume 13, 2811 -2818.
AMA StyleStephen X Zhang, Shuhua Sun, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Yifei Wang, Abbas Nazarian Madavani, Jizhen Li, Maryam Mokhtari Dinani. Beyond Predicting the Number of Infections: Predicting Who is Likely to Be COVID Negative or Positive. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. 2020; ume 13 ():2811-2818.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStephen X Zhang; Shuhua Sun; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Yifei Wang; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Jizhen Li; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani. 2020. "Beyond Predicting the Number of Infections: Predicting Who is Likely to Be COVID Negative or Positive." Risk Management and Healthcare Policy ume 13, no. : 2811-2818.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the anxiety, distress, and turnover intention (likelihood to leave their current job) of healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results reported that 21.7% healthcare workers in Peru experienced severe anxiety, whereas 26.1% of them experienced severe mental distress. A higher level of education related with a lower level of anxiety. Younger workers had a higher level of turnover intention than their older colleagues did. Healthcare workers in the private sector had a higher turnover intention than those in the public sector. Most importantly, people who were geographically far from Lima, the epicenter in Peru, during the outbreak experienced less anxiety and mental distress, corroborating the ripple effect and disconfirming the typhoon eye theory. However, the direction of these relationships can change depending on the type of institutions (public versus private) and the type of employees’ contract (full time versus part time). Our research helps provide insights for clinical professionals in identifying the vulnerable groups to mental disorders in Peru. This is the first study to assess anxiety, mental distress, and turnover intention in healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jaime A. Yáñez; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Jizhen Li; Stephen X. Zhang. Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020, 103, 1614 -1620.
AMA StyleJaime A. Yáñez, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Jizhen Li, Stephen X. Zhang. Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2020; 103 (4):1614-1620.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJaime A. Yáñez; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Jizhen Li; Stephen X. Zhang. 2020. "Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 103, no. 4: 1614-1620.
PurposeThis study focuses on the adoption of wearable technologies in a context where care-providing organizations can offer, in collaboration with caregivers, better care. Drawing on dual-factor theory and from the caregiver perspective, this study identifies and examines factors of technology adoption in four developing countries.Design/methodology/approachThis study was undertaken using a quantitative approach. A survey was distributed among 1,013 caregivers in four developing countries in Asia including Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iraq and collected quantitative data for model validation and hypotheses analysis. Building on the technology adoption literature, we identified six constructs that impact the behavioral intention of caregivers to use wearable technologies in aged care-providing organizations.FindingsOur dual-factor model was successfully validated, and all hypotheses were supported. However, different results were found in the selected countries within the cross-country analysis.Originality/valueThis study has significant implications for the study of emerging technologies in aged care service operations. It provides a theoretical framework that may be adapted for future research, enabling practitioners in aged care to better understand the crucial role of technology adoption in service operations. Less attention was paid to the adoption of wearable technologies in aged care, particularly in developing countries, where healthcare services in aged care impose heavy costs on care providers.
Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Bret Slade; Sobhan Asian. A dual-factor theory of WTs adoption in aged care service operations – a cross-country analysis. Information Technology & People 2020, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleSeyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Bret Slade, Sobhan Asian. A dual-factor theory of WTs adoption in aged care service operations – a cross-country analysis. Information Technology & People. 2020; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Bret Slade; Sobhan Asian. 2020. "A dual-factor theory of WTs adoption in aged care service operations – a cross-country analysis." Information Technology & People ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
Managerial support for innovation plays an important role in improving the competitive positions of public and private companies. To determine the outcomes of managerial support for innovation, we conducted a survey among 333 senior staff working in 20 logistics companies in Turkey. The findings of the study show that managerial support for innovation and financial innovation improve the corporate sustainability and innovation performance of companies in the logistics sector.
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Zafer Adiguzel; Fatma Sonmez Cakir. Managerial support for innovation as the source of corporate sustainability and innovative performance: Empirical evidence from Turkey. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Zafer Adiguzel, Fatma Sonmez Cakir. Managerial support for innovation as the source of corporate sustainability and innovative performance: Empirical evidence from Turkey. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Zafer Adiguzel; Fatma Sonmez Cakir. 2020. "Managerial support for innovation as the source of corporate sustainability and innovative performance: Empirical evidence from Turkey." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.
Background Healthcare staff are the forefront of fight against COVID-19 and they are under enormous pressure due to the fast growth in the number and severity of infected cases. This creates their mental issues such as distress, depression and anxiety. Exploring healthcare staff’s mental health during the pandemic contributes to improving their persistence in the growing challenges created by COVID-19 and enabling effective management of their mental health. Methods An online survey of 280 healthcare staff in all the 31 provinces of Iran was conducted during April 5–20, 2020. The survey assessed staff’s distress, depression and anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Nearly a third of healthcare staff suffered from distress, depression and anxiety. Females and more educated healthcare staff were more likely to experience distress. Compared to personnel who did not have COVID-19, those who were unsure whether they had COVID-19 were more likely to experience distress and depression. The number of COVID-19 cases among the staff’s colleagues or friends positively predicted their anxiety. Compared to radio technologists, doctors were less likely to experience distress and anxiety. Technicians and obstetrics experienced less anxiety. Analysis the interaction between weekly working days and age of the staff indicated the chance of experiencing distress and depression varied greatly by working days among younger but not older healthcare staff. Conclusion The predictors of mental health issues assists healthcare organizations to identify healthcare staff with mental health issues in sever crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research highlight the need to identify more working characteristics as predictors for healthcare staff at different ages. Funding This work was supported by Tsinghua University-INDITEX Sustainable Development Fund (No. TISD201904).
Xingzi Xu; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Jizhen Li; Afsaneh Bagheri; Khaled Nawaser. The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Depends on How Much They Work and Their Age. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleXingzi Xu, Stephen X. Zhang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Jizhen Li, Afsaneh Bagheri, Khaled Nawaser. The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Depends on How Much They Work and Their Age. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXingzi Xu; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Jizhen Li; Afsaneh Bagheri; Khaled Nawaser. 2020. "The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Depends on How Much They Work and Their Age." , no. : 1.
Background During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social media platforms have become active sites for the dissemination of conspiracy theories that provide alternative explanations of the cause of the pandemic, such as secret plots by powerful and malicious groups. However, the association of individuals’ beliefs in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 with mental health and well-being issues has not been investigated. This association creates an assessable channel to identify and provide assistance to people with mental health and well-being issues during the pandemic. Objective Our aim was to provide the first evidence that belief in conspiracy theories regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is a predictor of the mental health and well-being of health care workers. Methods We conducted a survey of 252 health care workers in Ecuador from April 10 to May 2, 2020. We analyzed the data regarding distress and anxiety caseness with logistic regression and the data regarding life and job satisfaction with linear regression. Results Among the 252 sampled health care workers in Ecuador, 61 (24.2%) believed that the virus was developed intentionally in a lab; 82 (32.5%) experienced psychological distress, and 71 (28.2%) had anxiety disorder. Compared to health care workers who were not sure where the virus originated, those who believed the virus was developed intentionally in a lab were more likely to report psychological distress and anxiety disorder and to have lower levels of job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Conclusions This paper identifies belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories as an important predictor of distress, anxiety, and job and life satisfaction among health care workers. This finding will enable mental health services to better target and provide help to mentally vulnerable health care workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Xi Chen; Stephen X Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2020, 6, e20737 .
AMA StyleXi Chen, Stephen X Zhang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2020; 6 (3):e20737.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXi Chen; Stephen X Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. 2020. "Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 6, no. 3: e20737.
The major concern of employees during times of war and conflict is apparently physical survival. But how are top managers of small‐sized companies enhancing the generation of novel and useful ideas by their employees in such physically dangerous business environments? In Afghanistan, as a war‐torn country, this research examined for the first time how getting closer to employees—which is conceptualized as internal marketing orientation culture in our study—directly affects the generation of novel and useful ideas by employees in the workplace. Our analysis is based on survey data from 81 newly established small‐sized companies in Afghanistan. Results indicate a mediating role of employees' perceived psychological safety on the relationship between internal market orientation culture and employees' creative work involvement. Moreover, we discuss the impact of employees' creative work involvement on small‐sized firm competitiveness improvement in general. Finally, we extend our implications in the context of the componential theory model of creativity, which might also serve as a framework for future research.
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Alexander Brem; Dominik Hoerauf. Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan. Creativity and Innovation Management 2020, 29, 465 -480.
AMA StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Alexander Brem, Dominik Hoerauf. Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan. Creativity and Innovation Management. 2020; 29 (3):465-480.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAsghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Alexander Brem; Dominik Hoerauf. 2020. "Employee creativity in war zones: Empirical evidence from small firms in Afghanistan." Creativity and Innovation Management 29, no. 3: 465-480.
Which individual‐level factors motivate women to become a social entrepreneur? To answer this question, we examined the direct impact of problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, we tested the indirect effects of these three factors through self‐efficacy. The study hypotheses were tested using a sample of 234 Bangladeshi women. In this research, Smart PLS 3.0 has been used to assess the study hypotheses. Our findings confirmed a positive and significant relation among problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, our data confirmed that self‐efficacy mediates the relationship among problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention.
Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi. The effects of individual characteristics on women intention to become social entrepreneurs? Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 21, 1 .
AMA StyleMohammad Rashed Hasan Polas, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi. The effects of individual characteristics on women intention to become social entrepreneurs? Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; 21 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohammad Rashed Hasan Polas; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi. 2020. "The effects of individual characteristics on women intention to become social entrepreneurs?" Journal of Public Affairs 21, no. 2: 1.
BACKGROUND Healthcare workers are under such a tremendous amount of pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic that many have become concerned about their jobs and even intend to leave them. It is paramount for healthcare workers to feel satisfied with their jobs and lives during a pandemic. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the predictors of job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Between 10 to 30 April, 2020, 240 healthcare workers in Bolivia completed a cross-sectional online survey, which assessed their job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS The results revealed that their number of office days predicted job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention, but the relationships varied by their age. For example, healthcare workers’ office days negatively predicted job satisfaction for the young (e.g. at 25 years old: b=-0.21; 95% CI: -0.36 to -0.60) but positively predicted job satisfaction for the old (e.g. at 65 years old: b=0.25; 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.44). CONCLUSIONS These findings provide evidence to enable healthcare organizations to identify staff concerned about job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention to enable early actions so that these staff can remain motivated to fight the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs (Preprint). 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleStephen X. Zhang, Jiyao Chen, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs (Preprint). . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. 2020. "Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs (Preprint)." , no. : 1.
The emerging body of research on the predictors of mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed contradictory findings, which prevent effective psychiatry screening for mental health assistance. This study aims to identify the predictors of nonsomatic pain, depression, anxiety, and distress, especially focusing on age as a nonlinear predictor. We conducted a survey of 474 adults in Iran during April 1–10, 2020, when Iran had just passed its first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic with new confirmed cases. We found that Age had a curvilinear relationship with nonsomatic pain, depression, and anxiety. Age was associated with pain, depression, and anxiety disorders negatively among adults younger than 45 years, but positively among seniors older than 70 years. Adults who were female, unsure about their chronic diseases, and exercised less per day were more likely to have mental health issues. This study advances the use of age as an effective predictor by uncovering a curvilinear relationship between individuals’ age and mental health issues by using a sample of adults across a wide spectrum of ages. We hope future research on mental health during COVID-19 pays more attention to nonlinear predictors.
Jiyao Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Yifei Wang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Khaled Nawaser. The curvilinear relationship between the age of adults and their mental health in Iran after its peak of COVID-19 cases. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleJiyao Chen, Stephen X. Zhang, Yifei Wang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Maryam Mokhtari Dinani, Abbas Nazarian Madavani, Khaled Nawaser. The curvilinear relationship between the age of adults and their mental health in Iran after its peak of COVID-19 cases. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiyao Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Yifei Wang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Khaled Nawaser. 2020. "The curvilinear relationship between the age of adults and their mental health in Iran after its peak of COVID-19 cases." , no. : 1.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are facing high workloads with resource constraints and risk of virus exposure, and healthcare organizations need to support their healthcare workers to reduce their anxiety. Based on a recent 8-point framework of COVID-19 specific organization support, we devised a measure of COVID-19 Organizational Support (COVID-OS). We tested the new measure with 712 healthcare workers in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru and found the new measure formed three factors to predict healthcare workers’ anxiety and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. We call for further studies to test COVID-OS in other countries and settings.
Stephen X. Zhang; Shuhua Sun; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Verónica García Ibarra; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Developing and testing a measure of COVID-19 organizational support of healthcare workers – results from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Psychiatry Research 2020, 291, 113174 -113174.
AMA StyleStephen X. Zhang, Shuhua Sun, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Verónica García Ibarra, Jizhen Li, Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Developing and testing a measure of COVID-19 organizational support of healthcare workers – results from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Psychiatry Research. 2020; 291 ():113174-113174.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStephen X. Zhang; Shuhua Sun; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Verónica García Ibarra; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. 2020. "Developing and testing a measure of COVID-19 organizational support of healthcare workers – results from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia." Psychiatry Research 291, no. : 113174-113174.
Background Social media are becoming hotbeds of conspiracy theories, which aim to give resolute explanations on the cause of COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, no research has investigated whether individuals’ belief in conspiracy theory about COVID-19 is associated with mental health and well-being issues. This association enables an assessable channel to identify and reach people with mental health and well-being issues during the pandemic. Objective We aim to provide the first evidence of belief in conspiracy theory regarding the COVID-19 virus as a predictor of the mental health and well-being of healthcare workers. Methods We conducted a survey of 252 healthcare workers in Ecuador from April 10 to May 2, 2020. We analyzed the data of distress and anxiety caseness with logistic regression and life and job satisfaction with linear regression. Results Among the sampled healthcare workers in Ecuador, 24.2% believed that the virus was developed intentionally in a lab; 32.54% experienced distress disorder, and 28.17% had anxiety disorder. Compared to healthcare workers who were not sure where the virus originated, those who believed the virus was developed intentionally in a lab were more likely to have distress disorder and anxiety disorder and had lower levels of job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Conclusions This paper identifies belief in a COVID-19 conspiracy theory as an important predictor of distress, anxiety, and job and life satisfaction of healthcare workers. It enables mental health services to better target and help mentally vulnerable healthcare workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Xi Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in Conspiracy Theory about COVID-19 Predicts Mental Health and Well-being: A Study of Healthcare Staff in Ecuador. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleXi Chen, Stephen X. Zhang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in Conspiracy Theory about COVID-19 Predicts Mental Health and Well-being: A Study of Healthcare Staff in Ecuador. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXi Chen; Stephen X. Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. 2020. "Belief in Conspiracy Theory about COVID-19 Predicts Mental Health and Well-being: A Study of Healthcare Staff in Ecuador." , no. : 1.
BACKGROUND During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social media platforms have become active sites for the dissemination of conspiracy theories that provide alternative explanations of the cause of the pandemic, such as secret plots by powerful and malicious groups. However, the association of individuals’ beliefs in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 with mental health and well-being issues has not been investigated. This association creates an assessable channel to identify and provide assistance to people with mental health and well-being issues during the pandemic. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to provide the first evidence that belief in conspiracy theories regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is a predictor of the mental health and well-being of health care workers. METHODS We conducted a survey of 252 health care workers in Ecuador from April 10 to May 2, 2020. We analyzed the data regarding distress and anxiety caseness with logistic regression and the data regarding life and job satisfaction with linear regression. RESULTS Among the 252 sampled health care workers in Ecuador, 61 (24.2%) believed that the virus was developed intentionally in a lab; 82 (32.5%) experienced psychological distress, and 71 (28.2%) had anxiety disorder. Compared to health care workers who were not sure where the virus originated, those who believed the virus was developed intentionally in a lab were more likely to report psychological distress and anxiety disorder and to have lower levels of job satisfaction and life satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS This paper identifies belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories as an important predictor of distress, anxiety, and job and life satisfaction among health care workers. This finding will enable mental health services to better target and provide help to mentally vulnerable health care workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Xi Chen; Stephen X Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study (Preprint). 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleXi Chen, Stephen X Zhang, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Verónica García Ibarra. Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study (Preprint). . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXi Chen; Stephen X Zhang; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Verónica García Ibarra. 2020. "Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study (Preprint)." , no. : 1.
BackgroundHealthcare workers are under such a tremendous amount of pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic that many have become concerned about their jobs and even intend to leave them. It is paramount for healthcare workers to feel satisfied with their jobs and lives during a pandemic.MethodsBetween 10 to 30 April, 2020, 240 healthcare workers in Bolivia completed a cross-sectional online survey, which assessed their job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsThe results revealed that their number of office days predicted job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention, but the relationships varied by their age. For example, healthcare workers’ office days negatively predicted job satisfaction for the young (e.g. at 25 years old: b=-0.21; 95% CI: −0.36 to −0.60) but positively predicted job satisfaction for the old (e.g. at 65 years old: b=0.25; 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.44).ConclusionsThese findings provide evidence to enable healthcare organizations to identify staff concerned about job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and turnover intention to enable early actions so that these staff can remain motivated to fight the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleStephen X. Zhang, Jiyao Chen, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Huiyang Dai, Jizhen Li, Ross Mary Patty-Tito. Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStephen X. Zhang; Jiyao Chen; Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Aldo Alvarez-Risco; Huiyang Dai; Jizhen Li; Ross Mary Patty-Tito. 2020. "Succumbing to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthcare Workers not Satisfied and Intend to Leave Their Jobs." , no. : 1.