ArticleSafety and health at work2016
Sleep and Fatigue Among Seafarers: The Role of Environmental Stressors, Duration at Sea and Psychological Capital.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Seafarer fatigue: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of concepts, risk factors, prediction methods, and risk management strategies.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Mental health and psychological wellbeing of maritime personnel: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Measurement Methods of Fatigue, Sleepiness, and Sleep Behaviour Aboard Ships: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Defining psychological capacity for a measure of healthy ageing: a rapid scoping review.European journal of ageing · 2026Review
- Evaluating Emotional Response and Effort in Nautical Simulation Training Using Noninvasive Methods.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Well-being, physical activity and health promotion among officers and ratings on board cargo ships: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors affecting seafarers' fatigue: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Steps toward developing a comprehensive fatigue monitoring and mitigation solution: perspectives from a cohort of United States Naval Surface Force officers.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Social and economic wellbeing of seafarers across coastal Nigeria amidst Corona virus disease.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Depressive symptoms among Thai male seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Sleep Architecture and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders of Seafarers on Board Merchant Ships: A Polysomnographic Pilot Field Study on the High Seas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- The relationship between sleep quality and occupational well-being in employees: The mediating role of occupational self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Effects of interpersonal sensitivity on depressive symptoms in postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychological capital and sleep quality as mediators.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- How Can Students' Entrepreneurial Intention Be Increased? The Role of Psychological Capital, Perceived Learning From an Entrepreneurship Education Program, Emotions and Their Relationships.Europe's journal of psychology · 2022Article
- Long working hours, poor sleep quality, and work-family conflict: determinant factors of fatigue among Indonesian tugboat crewmembers.BMC public health · 2021Article
- A cross-sectional study to identify the determinants of non-communicable diseases among fishermen in Southern India.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Seafarers' Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns: Results from Asia-Pacific Sea Routes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Effects of Chinese Seafarers' Job Demands on Turnover Intention: The Role of Fun at Work.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Does psychological capital mediate the impact of dysfunctional sleep beliefs on well-being?Heliyon · 2020Article
- Impact of Work-Family Conflict, Job Stress and Job Satisfaction on Seafarer Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeafaring is an inherently stressful environment. Because working time and leisure time is spent in the same confined environment for a prolonged period of time, many stressors present in seafaring can also be conceived of as chronic. We explored the effects of duration at sea, seafaring experience, environmental stressors, and psychological capital (PsyCap) on the sleep quality and fatigue of seafarers. PsyCap is a construct that draws upon ideas from positive psychology and positive organizational behavior, and is intended to capture an individual's psychological capacities that can be developed and utilized for performance improvements.
methodsWe collected survey data from a sample of seafarers working in the offshore re-supply industry (
resultsPsyCap emerged as a robust predictor with statistically significant relations to fatigue and sleep quality in both samples. PsyCap also interacted with duration at sea in explaining fatigue in seafarers working on board the passenger and cargo ships. Seafarers on passenger and cargo ships also reported significantly higher levels of fatigue than those working in the offshore re-supply industry.
conclusionCoupled with emerging research showing that PsyCap is trainable, our results suggest that maritime organizations could have much to gain by being cognizant of and developing routines for continually developing the PsyCap of their employees.
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