Relationship amongst Noise Sensitivity, Burnout and Psychological Resilience in Community Workers

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Abstract

Background:

The mental health status of community workers shows the characteristics of low job satisfaction, low self-efficacy and psychological resilience, and a high sense of burnout. This research aims to explore the relationship between noise sensitivity, burnout, and psychological resilience in community workers.

Methods and Material:

Convenience sampling was adopted to select 169 community workers from five communities as research objects for an anonymous questionnaire survey. A general questionnaire was used to collect the general information of the respondents. Noise sensitivity, burnout and psychological resilience scales were adopted to analyse the correlation amongst noise sensitivity, burnout and psychological resilience in community workers. Univariate and multivariate logistics regression analyses were used to analyse the influencing factors of job burnout and psychological resilience in community workers.

Results:

A total of 169 questionnaires were distributed, and after excluding 6 unqualified questionnaires, 163 valid questionnaires (96.45%) were collected. The scores on the noise sensitivity, burnout and psychological resilience scales were 63.80 ± 9.69, 78.57 ± 10.12 and 54.18 ± 8.77 points, respectively. The results of the correlation analysis showed that in community workers, the noise sensitivity score was negatively correlated with the psychological resilience score ( P < 0.001) and positively correlated with the burnout score ( P < 0.001). The burnout and psychological resilience scores of community workers showed statistical differences with different ages, working years and disposable monthly family income ( P < 0.001). Multiple linear regression results revealed that noise sensitivity, age, working years and disposable monthly family income had an effect on burnout and psychological resilience scores ( P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

In community workers, noise sensitivity is positively correlated with burnout and negatively correlated with psychological resilience. This study provides a certain research basis for conducting relevant psychological research and interventions.

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Antonella Sisto, Flavia Vicinanza, Laura Campanozzi … (2019)

Background and objectives: This paper addresses psychological resilience, a multidisciplinary theoretical construct with important practical implications for health sciences. Although many definitions have been proposed in several contexts, an essential understanding of the concept is still lacking up to now. This negatively affects comparisons among research results and makes objective measurement difficult. The aim of this review is to identify shared elements in defining the construct of resilience across the literature examined in order to move toward a conceptual unification of the term. Materials and methods: A literature review was performed using the electronic databases ‘PubMed’ and ‘PsycINFO’. Scientific studies written in English between 2002 and May 2019 were included according to the following key terms: ‘Psychological’, ‘resilience’, and ‘definition’. Results: The review identifies five macro-categories that summarize what has been reported in the recent literature concerning the resilience phenomenon. They serve as a preliminary and necessary step toward a conceptual clarification of the construct. Conclusions: We propose a definition of psychological resilience as the ability to maintain the persistence of one’s orientation towards existential purposes. It constitutes a transversal attitude that can be understood as the ability to overcome the difficulties experienced in the different areas of one’s life with perseverance, as well as good awareness of oneself and one’s own internal coherence by activating a personal growth project. The conceptual clarification proposed will contribute to improving the accuracy of research on this topic by suggesting future paths of investigation aimed at deeply exploring the issues surrounding the promotion of resilience resources.

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Noise Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Noise Health

Journal ID (publisher-id): NH

Title: Noise & Health

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow (India )

ISSN (Print): 1463-1741

ISSN (Electronic): 1998-4030

Publication date (Print): Oct-Dec 2023

Publication date (Electronic): 28 December 2023

Volume: 25

Issue: 119

Pages: 264-269

Affiliations

[1 ]Department of Sociology, School of Law, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

[2 ]Department of Medical Psychology, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

[3 ]Department of Military and Political Training, Army Academy of Armed Forces, Bengbu, Anhui, China

Author notes

Address for correspondence: Fei Cao, Department of Sociology, School of Law, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China. E-mail: jiangnan_edu_cf@ 123456163.com

Article

Publisher ID: NH-25-264

DOI: 10.4103/nah.nah_40_23

PMC ID: 10849010

PubMed ID: 38358242

SO-VID: 5239b131-4b39-4b78-9278-6c1c4f2ce742

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History

Date received : 08 June 2023

Date revision received : 23 November 2023

Date accepted : 27 November 2023

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