Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health Workers
Aims: Mental health, happiness, and social capital are important factors in optimal performance, entrepreneurship, reducing anxiety and depression, and increasing collaboration, agreement, intimacy, trust, and job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between happ...
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| author | Babak Moeini Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai Leili Tapak Azam Geravandi Shahryar Parsamajd |
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| description | Aims: Mental health, happiness, and social capital are important factors in optimal performance, entrepreneurship, reducing anxiety and depression, and increasing collaboration, agreement, intimacy, trust, and job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between happiness and mental health with social capital of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences employees.
Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 200 employees of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2019. Data were collected using GHQ-28 General Health, Oxford Happiness and Social Capital questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software using independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression.
Finding: The mean age of participants was 40.40±8.18 years. The happiness of 57.5% of the participants was moderate, 54.5% had poor mental health, and 60.5% reported high social capital. Happiness and mental health predicted social capital and explained 9.2% of its variance changes. A good place to live had significant relationship with happiness and high social capital (p<0.01), but did not have relationship with mental health (p= 0.294). Also the mean scores of social capital, mental health, and happiness showed significant relationship with self-assessment of individual health, self-assessment of happiness, and life satisfaction (p<0.05).
Conclusions: The healthier and happier people feel and the more satisfied they are with life, the more they enjoy mental health, happiness, and social capital. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cecb4cba482941a381d68cfc0eba618d2022-12-22T00:29:16ZfasHamadan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Education and Community Health2383-23122383-23122020-06-017211912510.29252/jech.7.2.119Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health WorkersBabak Moeini0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-0460 Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-1109Leili Tapak2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4378-3143Azam Geravandi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1873-7639Shahryar Parsamajd4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-4153Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranModeling of Noncommunicable Disease Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranStudent Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranStudent Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranAims: Mental health, happiness, and social capital are important factors in optimal performance, entrepreneurship, reducing anxiety and depression, and increasing collaboration, agreement, intimacy, trust, and job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between happiness and mental health with social capital of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences employees. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 200 employees of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2019. Data were collected using GHQ-28 General Health, Oxford Happiness and Social Capital questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software using independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression. Finding: The mean age of participants was 40.40±8.18 years. The happiness of 57.5% of the participants was moderate, 54.5% had poor mental health, and 60.5% reported high social capital. Happiness and mental health predicted social capital and explained 9.2% of its variance changes. A good place to live had significant relationship with happiness and high social capital (p<0.01), but did not have relationship with mental health (p= 0.294). Also the mean scores of social capital, mental health, and happiness showed significant relationship with self-assessment of individual health, self-assessment of happiness, and life satisfaction (p<0.05). Conclusions: The healthier and happier people feel and the more satisfied they are with life, the more they enjoy mental health, happiness, and social capital.http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-793-en.pdfmental healthhappinesssocial capitalemployees |
| spellingShingle | Babak Moeini Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai Leili Tapak Azam Geravandi Shahryar Parsamajd Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health Workers Journal of Education and Community Health mental health happiness social capital employees |
| title | Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health Workers |
| title_full | Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health Workers |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between Happiness and Mental Health with Social Capital among Health Workers |
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