University Educator and Staff Well-being and Common Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

Educators and staff adapted to work-from-home setup amidst the covid-19 pandemic.  The transition to full-online classes and services leads to poor mental health. The current study explored the association of educator and staff personal characteristics, well-being, and mental health.  326 university employees completed the demographic profile, mental health, and well-being scales. Various hierarchical regression was conducted to determine if personal characteristics and well-being predict common mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress). Series of multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine the difference between the levels of mental health symptoms according to mental health category, and personal characteristics. The results support the hypothesis with psychological and emotional well-being inversely predicting depression, anxiety, and stress. However, social well-being failed to serve as a significant determinant of common mental health symptoms. MANOVA obtained a significant difference with common mental health symptoms and mental health category and personal characteristics

The moderated mediating role of social support and locus of hope on the relationship between self-efficacy and self-regulation among illicit substance use patients within therapeutic communities

The therapeutic communities emphasize the development of the patient’s motivation and self- efficacy towards recovery. The patient’s abstinence self-efficacy is identified in the study as an important predictor of temptation restraint with the locus of hope as possible mediators and, peer, staff, and treatment support as moderators. One hundred forty-four patients that have spent three to six months in the therapeutic communities participated in the study. Abstinence self-efficacy served as the predictor with temptation restraint as the outcome while the internal and external locus of hope served as parallel mediators. Peer, staff, and treatment support respectively served as moderators within the mediation model. The results indicate that peer support is a significant moderator that serves as an important protective factor between the patient’s abstinence self- efficacy and internal locus of hope. Meanwhile, the results failed to support the hypothesized mediation of the loci of hope, and the moderation of staff and treatment support. Implications of the study indicate the need for a non-directive approach, strength-based programs, and peer- facilitated activities

Role of Work Engagement, Autonomy Support, Psychological Capital, and Economic Factors to Educator and Staff Well-being in the Philippines

Educational institutions are transitioning their learning modalities to flexible learning from remote education; educators and staff continuously encounter ambiguous work demands that negatively affect their well-being. Literature indicates the influence of autonomy support, psychological capital, work engagement, and economic factors (i.e., financial preparedness and job insecurity) on well-being. We propose that social, psychological, work, and economic factors influence the well-being of university educators and staff. 315 employees voluntarily completed the autonomy support, work engagement, hope, self-efficacy, job insecurity, and financial preparedness scales. We used IBM SPSS Amos for the confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Five separate models were conducted to test the research objective. Results indicate good to excellent model fit indices for the research scales and structural model. We also found that self-efficacy, work engagement, hope, and financial preparedness during emergencies positively predict well-being, while job insecurity is detrimental. Our findings could serve as a basis for mental health programs to address the mental issues of educators and staff