Work engagement, mental health and personality in justice officers
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2017.2.25885Keywords:
worker’s health, psychosocial factors, personality, well-being, positive psychologyAbstract
Work engagement is defined as a positive experience related to well-being and job performance. The aim of this study was to investigate its associations with mental health and personality in judiciary workers. The sample consisted of 82 justice officers (57.3% female) with mean age of 47.4 years (SD = 9.8 years), who answered a socio-demographic survey and validated instruments of the constructs studied. Descriptive analysis, correlations analysis, hierarchical regression (stepwise method) and network analysis were performed. The results showed that the justice officers have mental health problems and that vital energy was the main predictor of engagement. Also, engagement associates negatively with minor psychiatric disorders and, indirectly, with neuroticism. These findings indicate the importance of promoting mental health and engagement of these workers through interventions at the organizational level, because these factors are influenced by environment and labor organization.
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