Cargando…

Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

This study reports early evidence of managers’ mental health and its predictors during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in May 2020. In a sample of 646 managers from 49 countries, 5.3% (32) of managers reached the cut-off levels for disorders in distress (Kessler Psychological Distre...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz, Sun, Shuhua, Zhang, Stephen X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1834195
_version_ 1783612722109218816
author Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz
Sun, Shuhua
Zhang, Stephen X.
author_facet Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz
Sun, Shuhua
Zhang, Stephen X.
author_sort Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz
collection PubMed
description This study reports early evidence of managers’ mental health and its predictors during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in May 2020. In a sample of 646 managers from 49 countries, 5.3% (32) of managers reached the cut-off levels for disorders in distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-6; K-6), 7.3% (38) experienced anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7; GAD-7), and 10.7% (56) had depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PHQ-9). Age, relative income, and work status each predicted at least one of the conditions. Managers’ ‘illegitimate tasks’ caused by COVID-19 predicted all three. Particularly noteworthy is the finding that the degree of downsizing an organization experienced during COVID-19 significantly predicted distress, anxiety, and depression for managers at the highest level (board members) only. This study helps identify managers in need of healthcare services as the COVID-19 pandemic affects organizations and their managers around the world.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7682649
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Taylor & Francis
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-76826492020-11-25 Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz Sun, Shuhua Zhang, Stephen X. Eur J Psychotraumatol Letter to the Editor This study reports early evidence of managers’ mental health and its predictors during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in May 2020. In a sample of 646 managers from 49 countries, 5.3% (32) of managers reached the cut-off levels for disorders in distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-6; K-6), 7.3% (38) experienced anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7; GAD-7), and 10.7% (56) had depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PHQ-9). Age, relative income, and work status each predicted at least one of the conditions. Managers’ ‘illegitimate tasks’ caused by COVID-19 predicted all three. Particularly noteworthy is the finding that the degree of downsizing an organization experienced during COVID-19 significantly predicted distress, anxiety, and depression for managers at the highest level (board members) only. This study helps identify managers in need of healthcare services as the COVID-19 pandemic affects organizations and their managers around the world. Taylor & Francis 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7682649/ /pubmed/33244365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1834195 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz
Sun, Shuhua
Zhang, Stephen X.
Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Predictors of managers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort predictors of managers’ mental health during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1834195
work_keys_str_mv AT grafvlachylorenz predictorsofmanagersmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemic
AT sunshuhua predictorsofmanagersmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemic
AT zhangstephenx predictorsofmanagersmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemic