Today, in fast-paced and demanding work environments, understanding the intricate relationship between psychology and work-related health and well-being is paramount. This Topic aims to collate cutting-edge research that delves into how psychological factors influence individuals' health, well-being, and overall performance at work. By exploring these connections, we hope to uncover strategies and interventions that can enhance work-related experiences and contribute to healthier and more fulfilling professional lives. Scope: This Topic seeks to encompass a broad range of scopes within the realm of psychology and work-related health and well-being, including, but not limited to:

The Psychosocial Work Environment: How do organizational culture, leadership styles, and interpersonal dynamics impact employees’ stress levels, burnout, job satisfaction, and mental health?
Work–Life Balance: What are the psychological implications of achieving a healthy balance between work demands and personal life? How can individuals and organizations collaborate to foster work–life integration?
Stress and Coping Mechanisms: Explore the role of psychological factors in moderating the impact of workplace stressors. What coping strategies and resilience-building techniques are effective in maintaining well-being?
Job Design and Engagement: How do job roles, tasks, and responsibilities influence employees’ engagement, motivation, and psychological well-being?
Psychological Safety: Investigate how a psychologically safe work environment contributes to better mental health outcomes, creativity, and innovation among employees.
Leadership and Employee Support: Examine the significance of supportive leadership in fostering a conducive atmosphere for employees' psychological well-being, professional growth, and job satisfaction.
Remote Work and Virtual Teams: With rising popularity remote working, what are the psychological implications for employees' well-being, social connections, and sense of belonging?
Health Promotion and Intervention Programs: Showcase evidence-based interventions, such as mindfulness programs, wellness initiatives, and mental health support services, that organizations can implement to enhance employee well-being.

Prof. Dr. Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco
Prof. Dr. Vicente Javier Clemente Suárez
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well-being
health promotion
engagement
work-related health
psychology safety

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Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Behavioral Sciences behavsci	2.6	3.0	2011	21.5 Days	CHF 2200	Submit
Biomedicines biomedicines	4.7	3.7	2013	15.4 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education ejihpe	3.2	3.5	2011	20.1 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Healthcare healthcare	2.8	2.7	2013	19.5 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	3.9	5.8	2009	18.8 Days	CHF 2400	Submit

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15 pages, 311 KiB

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Exploring the Impact of a Supportive Work Environment on Chinese L2 Teachers’ Emotions: A Partial Least Squares-SEM Approach

by Yonghong Zeng, Jiaying Yu, Hanwei Wu and Wentao Liu

Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(5), 370; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050370 - 28 Apr 2024

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Second language (L2) teachers’ emotions can influence their well-being and students’ performance. However, most of the existing studies have focused on the role of individual factors in affecting L2 teachers’ emotions, while leaving environmental factors underexplored. To fill this gap, this study aimed to examine how the four dimensions of a supportive work environment (SWE) (perceived climate, PC; supervisory relationship, SR; peer group interaction, PGI; and perceived organization support, POS) relate to L2 teachers’ emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, pride, and anger). A sample of 406 Chinese L2 teachers completed two valid scales to measure their SWE and emotions. The data were analyzed by Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS 3 software. The results showed that (1) PC, PGI, and POS had a positive and significant effect on enjoyment, while SR had no significant effect; (2) PGI and POS had a negative and significant effect on anxiety, while PC and SR had no significant effect; (3) PGI had a positive and significant effect on pride, while the other three dimensions had no significant effect; and (4) POS had a negative and significant effect on anger, while the other three dimensions had no significant effect. The study concludes with some implications for L2 teachers’ education. Full article

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The Chain Mediating Role of Teachers’ Job Stress in the Influence of Distributed School Leadership on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China, the United States, England, and Australia

by Jian Li, Eryong Xue and Yuxuan Liu

Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(4), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14040279 - 27 Mar 2024

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Distributed leadership has been shown to improve teacher job satisfaction and reduce teacher job stress. However, few studies have thoroughly explored the indirect effects of distributed leadership on increasing the teachers’ burden in school administration and management, thereby increasing work stress, and decreasing job satisfaction. Data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey were analyzed to investigate the relationships among distributed school leadership, teachers’ job stress, and job satisfaction. A total of 3976 teachers from 198 junior high schools in Shanghai, 2560 teachers from 166 junior high schools in the United States, 2376 teachers from 157 junior high schools in England, and 3573 teachers from 238 junior high schools in Australia were selected and examined using structural equation modeling. The results revealed that distributed school leadership directly predicted teachers’ job satisfaction; teachers’ job stress had an independent mediating effect on distributed leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction, whereas teachers’ time spent participating in school leadership had no mediating effect. We discuss the benefits of distributed school leadership on teachers’ job satisfaction and the possible mechanisms for promoting it in practice. Full article

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Associations between COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Overtime, Perceived Chronic Stress and Burnout Symptoms in German General Practitioners and Practice Personnel—A Prospective Study

by Lucas Küppers, Julian Göbel, Benjamin Aretz, Monika A. Rieger and Birgitta Weltermann

Healthcare 2024, 12(4), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12040479 - 16 Feb 2024

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Background: The mental burdens of general practitioners (GPs) and practice assistants (PrAs) during the COVID-19 pandemic are well investigated. Work-related conditions like overtime are known to contribute to perceived chronic stress and burnout symptoms. However, there is limited evidence regarding the specific mechanisms, which link pandemic-related overtime, chronic stress and burnout symptoms. This study used data from the IMPROVEjob trial to improve psychological well-being in general practice personnel. Methods: This prospective study with 226 German GPs and PrAs used the baseline (pre-pandemic: October 2019 to March 2020) and follow-up data (pandemic: October 2020 to April 2021) of the IMPROVEjob trial. Overtime was self-reported as hours above the regular work time. Perceived chronic stress was assessed using the Trier Inventory for the Assessment of Chronic Stress Screening Scale (TICS-SSCS), while burnout symptoms were evaluated using a short version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). A mediation analysis investigated the differences of the three main variables between pre-pandemic and pandemic periods. Results: Burnout symptoms increased significantly from baseline to follow-up (p = 0.003). Overtime correlated positively with burnout symptoms (Total Effect: 0.13; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.23). Decomposition of the total effect revealed a significant indirect effect over perceived chronic stress (0.11; 95% CI: 0.06, 0.18) and no significant direct effect (0.02; 95% CI: −0.08, 0.12), indicating a full mediation. Conclusion: In this large longitudinal study, pandemic-related overtime led to significantly higher levels of burnout symptoms, linked by a pathway through perceived chronic stress. Future prevention strategies need to aim at reducing the likelihood of overtime to ensure the mental well-being of practice personnel. Full article

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An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations

by Michael Tenti, William Raffaeli, Mery Paroli, Gabriele Gamberi, Riccardo Vincis, Barbara Suzzi, Corrado Fagnani, Laura Camoni and Virgilia Toccaceli

Healthcare 2024, 12(2), 216; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020216 - 16 Jan 2024

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Fibromyalgia symptoms affect the sufferers’ working life; however, through reasonable accommodations in workplaces, they can continue to work satisfactorily. There are no Italian studies on factors that facilitate or hinder fibromyalgia-affected people’s working life. Our objective was to explore, in a pre-pandemic setting, the quality of working life of fibromyalgia sufferers and reasonable accommodations to improve it. Quantitative and qualitative methods were applied; a survey-questionnaire, participatory-developed, was online-administered to a sample of self-reported FM sufferers (N = 1176). Then, two Focus Groups (FGs), involving 15 fibromyalgia-affected women, were held. Data were analyzed by a thematic analysis approach. Among survey-respondents, 20% were unemployed and only 14% went to work gladly. Variability of pain (84%) and fatigue (90%) were the most perceived reasons for difficulties at work. Negative relationships at work were reported by most participants. The FGs’ discussions addressed different strategies for overcoming the main obstacle of “not being believed by colleagues and employers” and reasonable accommodations. However, a negative hopeless attitude towards the solution of problems at work was also apparent. Different critical issues in the workplace emerged from the survey and the FGs. Coordinated actions, according to a transdisciplinary approach, are needed to manage fibromyalgia-induced difficulties in the workplace. Full article

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Evidence for a Negative Loss Spiral between Co-Worker Social Support and Burnout: Can Psychosocial Safety Climate Break the Cycle?

by Sarven S. McLinton, Stephanie D. Jamieson, Michelle R. Tuckey, Maureen F. Dollard and Mikaela S. Owen

Healthcare 2023, 11(24), 3168; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11243168 - 14 Dec 2023

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Previous research suggests that co-worker social support predicts burnout, but this relationship may be far more complex, with the potential for a reciprocal cycle of loss. Leading research on loss spirals has explicitly called for more research on interindividual factors such as social support and, by extension, how interventions that operate on these interpersonal resources could play a role in primary and secondary prevention (i.e., intervening in cycles of loss). In this study, we explore the reciprocal relationship between burnout and co-worker social support, with psychosocial safety climate (PSC) as an upstream predictor and moderator of this relationship. Using hierarchical linear modelling (N = 380 frontline healthcare workers, nested within N = 63 teams) on longitudinal data, we found a reciprocal relationship between burnout and co-worker support, which was both triggered and moderated by PSC. These findings provide initial evidence for a social support–burnout loss spiral, wherein individuals with poor co-worker support are more likely to become burnt-out, and in this depleted state they are subsequently less likely to reach out for those social supports when available, which would, in turn, lead to further burnout. This social support–burnout loss spiral is exacerbated when working in a low-PSC context, as the environment does not send positive safety signals about resource scarcity and replenishment. Therefore, PSC may be a potential target for intervention both in primary prevention (i.e., stopping the loss spiral in the first instance) and in secondary intervention, as high PSC signals to workers already in the burnout–support loss cycle when it is safe to reinvest resources or engage in recovery behavior. Full article

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Frugal or Sustainable? The Interplay of Consumers’ Personality Traits and Self-Regulated Minds in Recycling Behavior

by Christina Soyoung Song, Ji Young Lee, Renissa Mutha and Mijin Kim

Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16821; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416821 - 14 Dec 2023

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Through the lens of self-regulation theory (SRT), this study investigates the following: (1) the ways in which consumers’ personality traits of conscientiousness, openness, and agreeableness increase their self-regulated mindsets of frugality and green efficacy; (2) whether frugality facilitates green efficacy; and (3) whether frugality and green efficacy ultimately affect recycling behavior. This study proposes modeling the duality of the self-regulated mindsets of frugality and green efficacy as the reason why consumers engage in recycling behavior. This study conducted an online survey among U.S. consumers that garnered 400 responses for the empirical data analysis. The results reveal that frugality is positively influenced by conscientiousness and openness, whereas green efficacy is facilitated by agreeableness but not by openness. Notably, frugality contributes to green efficacy, which indicates the causal duality of the self-regulated mindset as a motive in recycling behavior. Both frugality and green efficacy predict greater recycling behavior. The findings provide theoretical and practical implications for consumers’ recycling behavior and the development of effective public promotion strategies for the disposal of waste and recycling. Full article

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Does Accountability Aggravate the Risk of Teacher Burnout? Evidence from the Chinese Education System

by Guanyu Li and Kwok Kuen Tsang

Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(9), 772; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090772 - 15 Sep 2023

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External and internal accountabilities and emotional labor are possible factors triggering teacher burnout, but the relationships between the constructs have not been fully addressed. Thus, this study aimed to construct and test a chain mediation model to demonstrate the relationships between external accountability and burnout, mediated by internal accountability and emotional labor sequentially. By surveying 814 teachers (years of teaching: M = 13.42, SD = 10.97) from 10 provinces in China, it shows: (1) external and internal accountabilities are both negatively related to burnout; (2) internal accountability, deep acting, and expression of naturally felt emotions mediate the relationship between external accountability and burnout; (3) internal accountability and surface acting sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and burnout; and (4) internal accountability and expression of naturally felt emotions sequentially play a chain mediating role between external accountability and teacher burnout. Full article

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Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Behavioral Sciences behavsci	2.6	3.0	2011	21.5 Days	CHF 2200	Submit
Biomedicines biomedicines	4.7	3.7	2013	15.4 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education ejihpe	3.2	3.5	2011	20.1 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Healthcare healthcare	2.8	2.7	2013	19.5 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	3.9	5.8	2009	18.8 Days	CHF 2400	Submit

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