Effect of Gender Roles and Workplace Violence on the Professional Quality of Life and Wellbeing at Work Among Child Protection Workers
Autor: | Steve Geoffrion, Renaud Dufour, Robert-Paul Juster |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Canada media_common.quotation_subject Poison control 050109 social psychology Occupational safety and health Gender Role Developmental psychology Quality of life (healthcare) Occupational Exposure Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Androgyny Child Workplace media_common Workplace violence 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Femininity Cross-Sectional Studies Child protection Masculinity Quality of Life Workplace Violence Female Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
Zdroj: | Annals of work exposures and health. 65(3) |
ISSN: | 2398-7316 |
Popis: | Exposure to workplace violence puts child protection workers at risk for adverse occupational outcomes. While previous studies have identified protective and risk factors, individual differences in gender roles have yet to be explored. Moving beyond sex, the present study aims to examine the ways in which gender roles influence exposure to workplace violence, professional quality of life, and wellbeing at work among child protection workers. A randomized sample stratified by sex of 301 Canadian child protection workers (male: 15.6%, female: 84.4%) completed validated questionnaires of gender roles, professional quality of life, and wellbeing at work. We assessed mean differences using analyses of covariances controlling for clinical experience and type of work. We then assessed the moderating effect of gender roles on other variables through hierarchical multiple linear regressions. Androgyny (high masculinity and high femininity) was associated with higher scores on positive indicators of professional quality of life and wellbeing at work. However, gender roles showed no significant moderating effect on the relationship between exposure to violence, professional quality of life, and wellbeing at work. Results suggest that androgyny could be related to potential psychosocial benefits for child protection workers. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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