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The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model
Background: The sudden and unpredictable changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are a serious threat to the occupational stress and mental health of referees worldwide, which has not attracted widespread attention. The mental health of football referees has a certain influence on their job satisfac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416750 |
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author | Liu, Zongyu Zhao, Liangyu Wang, Shuzhen Gao, Yubo Zhang, Liguo |
author_facet | Liu, Zongyu Zhao, Liangyu Wang, Shuzhen Gao, Yubo Zhang, Liguo |
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description | Background: The sudden and unpredictable changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are a serious threat to the occupational stress and mental health of referees worldwide, which has not attracted widespread attention. The mental health of football referees has a certain influence on their job satisfaction or the accuracy of judgments. Methods: This study constructed a moderated mediation model to explore the buffer factors between occupational stress and mental health in Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Data from 317 Chinese soccer referees (aged 19–45) were collected through an online questionnaire in September–October 2022. Occupational stress, mental health, job burnout and perceived social support were measured, and moderated mediation model was analyzed. Results: The results of this study showed that occupational stress was negatively correlated with mental health through the mediating effect of job burnout and the moderated effect of perceived social support after controlling for demographic variables. Specifically, the association between occupational stress and mental health was weaker when perceived social support was higher and stronger. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that job burnout and perceived social support played important roles in buffering the negative effects of occupational stress on the mental health of Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The findings provide implications for mental health interventions in soccer referees during the public health crises. |
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spelling | pubmed-97788372022-12-23 The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model Liu, Zongyu Zhao, Liangyu Wang, Shuzhen Gao, Yubo Zhang, Liguo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The sudden and unpredictable changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are a serious threat to the occupational stress and mental health of referees worldwide, which has not attracted widespread attention. The mental health of football referees has a certain influence on their job satisfaction or the accuracy of judgments. Methods: This study constructed a moderated mediation model to explore the buffer factors between occupational stress and mental health in Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Data from 317 Chinese soccer referees (aged 19–45) were collected through an online questionnaire in September–October 2022. Occupational stress, mental health, job burnout and perceived social support were measured, and moderated mediation model was analyzed. Results: The results of this study showed that occupational stress was negatively correlated with mental health through the mediating effect of job burnout and the moderated effect of perceived social support after controlling for demographic variables. Specifically, the association between occupational stress and mental health was weaker when perceived social support was higher and stronger. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that job burnout and perceived social support played important roles in buffering the negative effects of occupational stress on the mental health of Chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The findings provide implications for mental health interventions in soccer referees during the public health crises. MDPI 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9778837/ /pubmed/36554631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416750 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Zongyu Zhao, Liangyu Wang, Shuzhen Gao, Yubo Zhang, Liguo The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title | The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_full | The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_fullStr | The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_short | The Association between Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Chinese Soccer Referees in the Early Stage of Reopening Soccer Matches during the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_sort | association between occupational stress and mental health among chinese soccer referees in the early stage of reopening soccer matches during the covid-19 pandemic outbreak: a moderated mediation model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416750 |
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