Use of cognitive-behavioral career coaching to reduce work anxiety and depression in public employees

BACKGROUND Public employees worldwide are increasingly concerned about work anxiety and depression.Cognitive-behavioral career coaching has emerged as a promising strategy for addressing these mental health disorders,which can negatively impact on a person's overall well-being and performance.AIM To examine whether cognitive-behavioral career coaching reduces work anxiety and depression among Nigerian public employees.METHODS A total of 120 public employees(n=60)suffering from severe anxiety and depression were randomly assigned to the treatment or control groups in this study.Cognitive behavioral coaching was provided twice a week to those in the treatment group,whereas no treatment was given to those in the control group.As part of the study,the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scales and Beck Depression Inventory were used to collect data.RESULTS Analysis of covariance of the data from participants indicates a significant effect of cognitive-behavioral career coaching on work anxiety and depression.CONCLUSION Insights into the underlying mechanisms by which cognitive behavior career coaching exerts its effects have been gained from this study.Also,the study has gathered valuable data that can inform future practice and guide the development of strategies for supporting mental health at work.

What is the role of cognitive-behavioral career coaching in mitigating work anxiety and depression among public employees?

This editorial explores the study by Mkpoikanke Sunday Otu and Maximus Monaheng Sefotho on the use of cognitive-behavioral career coaching(CBCC)to reduce work anxiety and depression among public employees.Public sector workers often face significant psychological stressors,leading to mental health issues that impair well-being and job performance.The study employed a grouprandomized trial design,involving 120 public employees diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression.Participants were divided into a treatment group,receiving CBCC,and a control group with no intervention.Results showed a significant reduction in anxiety and depression levels in the treatment group,sustained through follow-up assessments.The findings underscore the clinical relevance of CBCC as an effective intervention for improving mental health among public employees.Future research should explore the scalability of CBCC across different sectors and cultural contexts,as well as its integration with other mental health interventions.This editorial advocates for the broader implementation of CBCC practices in public service to enhance employee productivity and psychological well-being.By addressing cognitive distortions and fostering adaptive coping mechanisms,CBCC can help public employees navigate complex professional environments,ultimately contributing to a healthier and more efficient workforce.

Default rules in investment decision-making:trait anxiety and decision-making styles

This study investigates the role of default options in the relationship between trait anxiety,and decision-making styles and financial decisions.One hundred and ninety-four participants were divided into three groups and subjected to three different conditions.Under each experimental condition,they had to decide whether to accept or reject investment proposals.In the first group,they had been enrolled in investment plans by default(opt-out condition),in the second group,they had not been automatically enrolled in these plans(opt-in condition),and in the third group they had to choose whether to enroll or not(control condition).The results showed that the investment decisions of anxious,avoidant,rational and dependent individuals could be facilitated by default options.In conclusion,using default options as a“nudge”can support specific groups of people to improve their financial decisions.

Group training on the improvement of college students'career decision-making self-efficacy

A group training was conducted on 17 college students to improve their career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE). The result showed that there was significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test for the experimental group (n = 17), whereas no significant difference was found between the pre-test and the post- test for the control group (n = 17). In the pre-test, there was no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group, and obvious difference between the two groups was found in the post-test. This indicated that the group training was effective on improving the CDMSE of the college students whose scores of CDMSE were below 27% point of the total students.

Research progress on career anxiety and influencing factors of nursing college students under the background of COVID-19

As the social environment keeps changing college students'employment anxiety increases rather than decreases,the mental health of college students during the new crown epidemic has attracted the attention of the state and universities.Through literature review,we analyzed the concept,measurement tools,and influencing factors of employment anxiety in the context of the new crown epidemic,aiming to propose measures and theoretical basis for improving career planning of nursing college students in the future,improving the quality of nursing talent training and alleviating employment anxiety of nursing college students in colleges and universities.

The effect of risk perception and COVID‑19 anxiety in pregnancy on decision‑making via the Internet and prenatal care quality:A cross‑sectional multivariate analysis

Background:Risk perception and COVID‑19 anxiety in pregnant women restrict access to health services,cause pregnant women to resort to alternative channels such as the Internet,and affect prenatal care quality(PCQ)negatively.Purpose:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of risk perception and COVID‑19 anxiety in pregnancy on decision‑making via the Internet(DMI)and PCQ with multivariate analysis.Materials and Methods:This cross‑sectional study was conducted with 406 pregnant women selected using the convenience sampling method in a training and research hospital,in Turkey.The data were collected using the information form,the perception of pregnancy risk questionnaire,the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale,the DMI Scale,and the PCQ Scale.The data obtained were subject to descriptive analysis and the multivariate analysis of variance.Results:Approximately 24.9%of the pregnant women were found to have a high perception of risk and 18%had symptoms of COVID‑19 anxiety.Pregnant women with high COVID‑19 anxiety and a higher perception of risk perceived the Internet as less influential for decision‑making(P<0.05).Pregnant women with a high‑risk perception had lower PCQ(P<0.05).Conclusion:The findings can be used to enhance mental health and resilience in pregnant women and to formulate appropriate intervention strategies.

社会支持对高职应届毕业生就业焦虑的影响——生涯适应力的中介作用

本研究旨在探讨就业社会支持对高职应届毕业生就业焦虑的影响,以及生涯适应力的中介作用。研究表明,就业社会支持与高职应届毕业生的就业焦虑水平呈负相关,同时生涯适应力在就业社会支持与就业焦虑之间起到了中介作用。研究对于进一步完善高职学生的就业服务和提高其职业竞争力具有重要的现实意义。

大学生就业焦虑与职业决策困难、自我效能感的关系探究

该文通过探究大学生就业焦虑、职业决策困难、自我效能感三者之间的关系,分析就业焦虑和职业决策困难对就业焦虑的影响。使用就业焦虑问卷、职业决策困难问卷和大学生自我效能感量表,对553名大学生进行检测。结果显示:就业焦虑与职业决策困难呈显著中度正相关,与自我效能感呈显著负相关,自我效能感与职业决策困难呈显著负相关;职业决策困难在自我效能感对就业焦虑的影响中起完全中介作用。通过关注特殊就业群体并精准帮扶、加强就业指导并贯穿学业全过程、注重家校沟通并建立协同联动机制,可以有效提高大学生的自我效能感,降低职业决策困难程度和就业焦虑程度。

高职应届毕业生社会支持与择业焦虑的关系:心理弹性的中介作用

为探讨高职应届毕业生社会支持对择业焦虑的影响,以及心理弹性在二者之间的中介作用,本研究采用社会支持评定量表、自我弹性量表、高校毕业生择业焦虑问卷,对205名高职应届毕业生进行了问卷调查。结果显示:1.社会支持与心理弹性呈显著正相关,同时与择业焦虑呈显著负相关;2.社会支持和心理弹性均能对择业焦虑水平产生显著的负向预测作用;3.社会支持可以通过心理弹性来预测择业焦虑水平,即心理弹性在社会支持和择业焦虑之间起到了完全中介的作用。因此,提高社会支持与心理弹性水平,对于改善高职应届毕业生的择业焦虑具有积极的影响。

职前幼儿园教师就业焦虑的成因及纾解

本研究采用半结构式访谈的方式,对10名学前教育专业毕业生进行了30~60分钟的访谈,以了解他们的就业焦虑情况。通过访谈,笔者发现,在低生育率背景下,部分即将成为幼儿园教师的毕业生存在自我认知偏差。同时,缺乏职业规划是导致职前焦虑产生的根源。笔者建议,学校应在学生入学前后阶段引导他们建立合理的自我认知,并在校期间结合教学实际,开展差异化的心理健康教育,进一步完善相关服务,进行深入干预,并探索构建一体式的职业生涯发展教育培养模式。

高职院校师范毕业生心理焦虑对睡眠的影响

2024届毕业生的就业工作已经开启,这是当前社会最重视的问题之一,有些大学生因为家庭、同伴比较,个人要求过高等因素产生巨大的就业焦虑情绪,从而影响学习生活。本研究通过问卷调查的方式,探讨高职院校师范毕业生心理焦虑对睡眠的影响,并且试图寻找缓解就业焦虑、促进毕业生睡眠的方法。结果发现,缓解心理焦虑和父母的关系支持都能促进高职院校师范毕业生的良好睡眠。

Be Called and Be Healthier:How Does Calling Influence Employees’Anxiety and Depression in the Workplace?

Despite limited studies have found the negative relationships between calling and mental health symptoms,its underlying mechanism is still unknown.Drawing on the conservation of resources theory(COR),this study developed the resources model that explains the relationships between career calling,anxiety and depression,and the underlying mechanism.With a sample of 628 employees from the two-wave survey,the theorized model was tested.The results showed that career calling was able to decrease the levels of employees’anxiety and depression,and two important resources(i.e.,personal growth,and meaningful work)provided explanatory mechanisms for the relationships.The findings highlight the importance of spirituality in the workplace.Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

A Grounded Analysis towards Developing a Career Decision Making Competency Model for Students Employability

Malaysian graduates are normally assumed to be lacking soft-skills and preparation for job-searching, thus affecting their decision-making skills. Thus, this study aims to develop a career decision-making competency model for effective career development among graduating students in Malaysia. The data collected from 1,655 graduating students were tested with confirmatory factor analysis to obtain three best-fit measurement models from the three variables. The findings according to the primary data reveal that there are significant relationships between self-knowledge and career decision-making, and occupational exploration as well as career decision-making. The result for testing invariance of a structural model for multi group analysis showed a validation model of self-knowledge, occupational exploration and career decision making. The findings from this study can be of great benefit to students, researchers, as well as the policy makers in the educational field.

The Influence of Career Plateau on Knowledge Hiding of Knowledge Workers

This study takes the cognitive-affective system theory of personality as the whole logic,integrates resource preservation theory and cooperation and competition theory to investigate the influence mechanism of Career Plateau on knowledge workers'knowledge hiding.The results show that career plateau(including its three dimensions:hierarchical plateau,work content plateau and inclusive plateau)has a significant positive impact on status anxiety and knowledge hiding of knowledge workers,and status anxiety plays a complete mediating effect between career plateau(including hierarchical plateau,work content plateau and inclusive plateau)and knowledge hiding of knowledge workers.Cooperative goal dependence positively moderates the relationship between hierarchical plateau and status anxiety,and negatively regulates the relationship between work content plateau and status anxiety.In addition,cooperative goal dependence positively moderates the indirect effect of hierarchical plateau on the knowledge workers'knowledge hiding through status anxiety,and negatively moderates the indirect effect of work content plateau on the knowledge workers'knowledge hiding through status anxiety.The results of this paper provide theoretical support and management enlightenment for further exploring the mechanism of career plateau and knowledge hiding in Chinese enterprises.

高校青年教师时间焦虑感与职业成长的倒U型关系研究——工作旺盛力与成长需求强度的作用

以资源保存理论和情感信息理论为基础,从“增益-损耗”双路径视角出发,对全国11省(市)20所高校的634名青年教师进行问卷调研,考察了高校青年教师时间焦虑感对自身职业成长的影响机制与边界条件。研究发现:时间焦虑已成为青年学界的群体性症候,“青焦”问题亟待关注。超八成受访者具有中度及以上的时间焦虑感,并且在婚姻状况、高校层次、岗位类型和职称级别等方面存在显著差异;时间焦虑感对工作旺盛力具有倒U型影响,并通过工作旺盛力的瞬时中介作用间接对职业成长产生倒U型影响;与此同时,青年教师内在的成长需求强度能够显著调节时间焦虑感与工作旺盛力之间的曲线关系,纾解“过犹不及”效应。

期刊从业者职业焦虑的成因与现象分析

和所有的职业焦虑的形成因素一样,期刊从业者的职业焦虑是在其所在的自身职业背景、过程与因素之中凝结、聚合、生长。期刊工作的特定工作环境、技术、规范、流程、现状、前景、社会角色与身份等因素,使得从业者面临不同程度的职业焦虑,一些焦虑症状与现象不仅影响个人,也深刻地影响职业本身,但一时难以去除。期刊领域需要做好从业者职业焦虑的防范工作,大力施展人文关怀,为个人心理释放,为期刊营造良好的工作氛围创造条件。

警察院校研究生专业认同、择业焦虑及择业效能感相关研究——基于中央司法警官学院185名硕士研究生的问卷调查

近年来,高校毕业生就业形势严峻,研究生就业压力逐渐凸显,往往面临较大的择业焦虑。研究表明,专业认同及择业自我效能感的高低直接或间接地影响个体选择职业的方向、职业决策过程和职业决策结果。因此,提升研究生的专业认同感和择业效能感、缓解择业焦虑是做好毕业生就业工作的重要一环。以中央司法警官学院185名硕士研究生的问卷收集为数据,采用SPSS26.0进行描述性分析、差异性分析、相关性分析、PROCESS中介分析,探讨警察院校研究生专业认同、择业焦虑及择业效能感的现状与影响因素以及三者间的相互作用机制。根据研究结论提出针对性建议,以期为提升警察院校研究生专业认同、择业效能感,降低择业焦虑,推动做好新时代司法警官教育高质量发展作出贡献。

高职护生择业焦虑的影响因素——以右江民族医学院为例

调查右江民族医学院高职护生的择业焦虑情况并分析其主要影响因素,旨在科学有效降低高职护生择业焦虑,促进其就业。采用问卷调查法和择业焦虑量表对右江民族医学院205名高职护生进行调查后,单因素分析结果显示,影响高职护生择业焦虑的主要因素有生源地、去编制化改革的影响、社会支持等因素(P<0.05);进一步进行多元回归分析可知,生源地、去编制化改革的影响、对护理专业的专业认同感是影响高职护生择业焦虑的主要因素。总体上,高职护生择业焦虑处于中等水平,高职院校可优化就业工作安排,加强对护生的思政教育,增强护生的职业认同感。

Study Abroad Experience and Career Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study of Chinese Students

This research explores factors influencing Chinese overseas students’career decision-making.Based on the social cognitive career theory,a semi-structured interview schedule was devised to qualitatively investigate how Chinese students evaluated different factors and coped with career decision-making while studying abroad.The interview transcripts were addressed using thematic analysis.Family influences,overseas social life,and personal improvement were found to be the three key factors in shaping Chinese overseas students’career decision-making.Moreover,close interconnections were found among the three factors,and these had a combined impact on the decision-making process.The findings highlight the importance of a positive study abroad experience and its impact on international students’career decision-making.

大学毕业生择业焦虑、自我效能感与归因方式的关系

择业心理因素及其相互关系对大学生就业有较大影响,对715名大学毕业生择业焦虑、择业自我效能感与择业归因方式的关系及择业自我效能感在择业归因方式和择业焦虑之间的中介作用的调查发现,大学毕业生择业自我效能感对择业焦虑具有显著的负向影响,择业归因方式对择业自我效能感具有显著的正向影响,个人素质类归因方式对择业焦虑具有显著的负向影响,社会支持类归因方式对择业焦虑具有显著的正向影响,择业自我效能感在个人素质和社会支持类归因方式与择业焦虑之间起着显著的部分中介作用,在机会运气、求职知识、个人努力和积极情绪类归因方式与择业焦虑之间起着显著的完全中介作用。