Predictors of post-traumatic growth in a sample of United Kingdom mental and community healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Barnicot, Kirsten, McCabe, Rose, Bogosian, Angeliki, Papadopoulos, Renos, Crawford, Mike, Aitken, Peter, Christensen, Tanja, Wilson, Jonathan, Teague, Bonnie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3248-2257, Rana, Ravi, Willis, Donna, Barclay, Ryan, Chung, Amy and Rohricht, Frank (2023) Predictors of post-traumatic growth in a sample of United Kingdom mental and community healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (4). ISSN 1661-7827

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Abstract

Experiences of adversity can generate positive psychological effects alongside negative impacts. Little research to date has evaluated predictors of post-traumatic growth in mental or community healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a survey of 854 community and mental healthcare staff in the United Kingdom in July to September 2020, multiple linear regression was used to determine the association between hypothesised risk and protective factors (personal, organisational and environmental variables) and total scores on the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory–Short Version. Positive self-reflection activities, black and minority ethnic status, developing new healthcare knowledge and skills, connecting with friends and family, feeling supported by senior management, feeling supported by the UK people, and anxiety about the personal and work-related consequences of COVID-19 each significantly independently predicted greater post-traumatic growth. Working in a clinical role and in mental healthcare or community physical healthcare predicted lower post-traumatic growth. Our research supports the value of taking an organisational growth-focused approach to occupational health during times of adversity, by supporting staff to embrace opportunities for personal growth. Valuing staff’s cultural and religious identity and encouraging self-reflective activities, such as mindfulness and meditation, may help to promote post-traumatic growth.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data Availability Statement: The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to confidentiality and consent concerns, but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Funding information: This research received no external funding.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	covid-19 pandemic,human resources,occupational health,post-traumatic growth,resilience,pollution,public health, environmental and occupational health,health, toxicology and mutagenesis,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2310
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2024 09:30
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2024 01:44
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96308
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph20043539

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