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

Workplace bullying and quality of life: The moderating role of proactrive coping

This study investigated the nature and prevalence of workplace bullying among 186 government, service and healthcare employees as well as examined whether workplace bullying and proactive coping and their interaction can significantly predict the quality of life of the employees. Using the Leymann Criterion, the prevalence of workplace bullying was estimated among the participants suggesting that 23.1% of them have experienced negativity at work. The widely reported form or nature of workplace bullying experiences are being withheld from information that affects their performance, being given tasks with unreasonable or impossible targets or deadlines, excessive monitoring of work, being ordered to perform below the level of competence, and spreading rumors or gossips. Likewise, hypotheses postulating that workplace bullying and proactive coping can significantly predict quality of life were supported by the results of the study. However, the interaction of the said variables did not significantly predict the quality of life of the participants. This was possible because both victims and non-victims of workplace bullying adapted to their day to day experiences using proactive coping. Moreover, victims of workplace bullying, perceived the said unfavorable treatments not as threats but mere challenges to overcome. As a result, they are likely to push themselves to the edge with regard to their occupational endeavors thereby compromising their quality of life

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

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