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The Effects of Mental Languishing on the Work Life of Healthcare Workers

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 1072 - 1087, 25.05.2025
https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1604078

Abstract

This study aims to explore the phenomenon of languishing among healthcare workers and its impact on their quality of work life, job performance, and coping strategies. Due to the lack of a specific languishing scale, the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were utilized, with 200 healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses) participating in the study. The findings revealed that 47% of the participants exhibited signs of languishing, and this condition was negatively correlated with job satisfaction. Additionally, the results indicated that the languishing experienced by healthcare workers adversely affected their quality of work life and led to a decline in their overall performance.

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  • Schaufeli, W. B. & Bakker, A. B. (2004). Job demands, job resources, and their relationship with burnout and engagement: A multi-sample study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25(3), 293-315. DOI: 10.1002/job.248
  • Schaufeli, W. B. & Salanova, M. (2007). Work engagement: An emerging psychological concept and ıts ımplications for organizations. S. W. Gilliland, D. D. Steiner & D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.), Research in Social Issues in Management (Vol. 5, p. 135-177).
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Sağlık Çalışanların Ruhsal Durgunluğunun İş Yaşamına Etkileri

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 1072 - 1087, 25.05.2025
https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1604078

Abstract

Bu çalışma sağlık çalışanlarında ruhsal durgunluk (languishing) durumunu ve yaşanan bu durumun çalışanların iş yaşam kalitesi, iş performansı ve sorunlarla başa çıkma stratejileri hakkındaki etkilerini ortaya koymak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışma için uygulanacak herhangi bir Languishing ölçeği olmadığından, MHC-SF (Mental Health Continuum) ve GHQ-12 (General Health Questionnaire) ölçekleri kullanılmış olup çalışma 200 sağlık çalışanı (doktor, hemşire) üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yapılan anket sonuçlarından elde edilen bulgular sonucunda katılımcıların %47'sinin ruhsal durgunluk belirtileri gösterdiği ve bu durumun iş tatmini ile negatif yönlü bir ilişki içinde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Aynı zamanda sonuçlara göre sağlık çalışanlarını yaşadığı ruhsal durgunluk, iş yaşamı kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkilemekte ve genel performansını düşmesine neden olmaktadır.

References

  • Beck, J. G. (1986). Review of stress, appraisal, and coping [Review of the book Stress, appraisal, and coping, by R. S. Lazarus & S. Folkman]. Health Psychology, 5(5), 497–500. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0090854
  • Demerouti, E., Bakker, A. B., Nachreiner, F. & Schaufeli, W. B. (2001). The job demands-resources model of burnout. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 499–512. DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.499
  • Demirci, İ. & Akın, A. (2015). The validity and reliability of the mental health continuum short form. Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences (JFES), 48(1), 49-64. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/508620
  • Demirci, İ. & Şen, A. H. (2017). Kendini bilme ve psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi. İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırma Dergisi, 6(5), 2710-2728. https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.346203
  • Figley, C. R. (1995). Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized (1. Basım). Brunner/Mazel.
  • Goldberg, D. & Williams, P. (1988). A user's guide to the General Health Questionnaire. NFER-Nelson.
  • Goldberg, D. P., Gater, R., Sartorius, N., Ustun, T. B., Piccinelli, M., Gureje, O. & Rutter, C. (1997). The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care. Psychological Medicine, 27(1), 191-197. DOI: 10.1017/s0033291796004242
  • Karaırmak, Ö. (2006). Psikolojik sağlamlık, risk faktörleri ve koruyucu faktörler. Türk Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Dergisi, 3(26). 129-142. https://doi.org/10.17066/pdrd.22262
  • Kern, M. L. (2021). The workplace PERMA profils. Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(10), 1-13. SpringerLink.
  • Keyes, C. L. M. (1998). Social well–being. Social Psychology Quarterly, (61), 121–140. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2787065
  • Keyes, C. L. M. (2002). The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43(2), 207-222. PMID: 12096700
  • Kılıç C. (1996) Genel sağlık anketi: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Türk Psikiyatri Dergisi. 7(1), 3-9. https://toad.halileksi.net/olcek/genel-saglik-anketi-2/
  • Leiter, M. P. & Maslach, C. (2004). Areas of worklife: A structured approach to organizational predictors of job burnout. Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being, (3), 91-134. doi: 10.1016/S1479-3555(03)03003-8
  • Maslach, C. & Jackson, S. E. (1981). The measurement of experienced burnout. Journal of Occupational Behavior, 2(2), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030020205
  • Maslach, C. & Leiter, M. P. (2016). Burnout in stress: Concepts, cognition, emotion, and behavior. Elsevier.
  • Rodell, J. B. & Judge, T. A. (2023). The synergy of depression and flourishing/languishing on suicidal thoughts and behaviors. PLoS One, 19(8). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309020
  • Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well–being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(6), 1069–1081. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.57.6.1069
  • Schaufeli, W. B. & Bakker, A. B. (2004). Job demands, job resources, and their relationship with burnout and engagement: A multi-sample study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25(3), 293-315. DOI: 10.1002/job.248
  • Schaufeli, W. B. & Salanova, M. (2007). Work engagement: An emerging psychological concept and ıts ımplications for organizations. S. W. Gilliland, D. D. Steiner & D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.), Research in Social Issues in Management (Vol. 5, p. 135-177).
  • Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Simon and Schuster.
  • Shanafelt, T., Ripp, J. & Trockel, M. (2020). Understanding and addressing sources of anxiety among health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA, 323(21), 2133–2134. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.5893
  • Telef, B. B. (2013). Psikolojik iyi oluş ölçeği: Türkçeye uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 28(28-3), 374-384. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/hunefd/issue/7791/101929
  • WHO. (2024). Mental health: A state of well-being. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2019.8.2.57 https://www.who.int/home
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Primary Language English
Subjects Business Administration
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Delal Aydın 0000-0002-1135-5128

Özcan Demir 0000-0001-9382-6781

Publication Date May 25, 2025
Submission Date December 19, 2024
Acceptance Date February 5, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 9 Issue: 2

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APA Aydın, D., & Demir, Ö. (2025). The Effects of Mental Languishing on the Work Life of Healthcare Workers. Fiscaoeconomia, 9(2), 1072-1087. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1604078

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