The Role of Irrational Beliefs on Psychological Distress among Female Office Workers in Bali.
| Autor: | Purnawati S; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia., Wirawan IMA; Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia., Primayanti IDAID; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Acta medica Philippina [Acta Med Philipp] 2024 Feb 15; Vol. 58 (2), pp. 91-97. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 15 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.47895/amp.vi0.5527 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: This study examined the association between irrational beliefs and psychological distress among female office workers in Bali, and formulate general equation to predict psychological distress from the irrational belief scores. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 111 female office workers in Bali. The irrational beliefs were measured by the Smith Irrational Belief Inventory (SIBI) questionnaire and the psychological distress was assessed by a questionnaire quoted from the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ). Multivariable linear regression was performed to evaluate the role of irrational beliefs on psychological distress scores. Results: There was a moderate, positive correlation between irrational beliefs and psychological distress, which was statistically significant (r = 0.451, n = 111, p = 0.000). The R squared was 0.205, indicating that 20.5% of psychological distress variance can be explained by irrational beliefs. The F-ratio in the ANOVA test shows that the independent variables statistically significantly predict the dependent variable, F(3,107) = 9.187, p < 0.0005. The general form of the equation to predict psychological distress from irrational belief scores is: Predicted psychological distress (Y) = 17.909 + (0.392 x Irrational belief scores). Conclusion: Irrational beliefs are significantly associated with psychological distress among female office workers in Gianyar, Bali. This finding suggests the need for strategies anticipating better health and productivity among female workers. Competing Interests: All authors declared no conflicts of interest. (© 2024 Acta Medica Philippina.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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