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ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2021

Work-Family Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, and General Self-Efficacy Among Medical Practitioners During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Sadaf Zeb, Ahsan Akbar, Azeem Gul, Syed Arslan Haider, Petra Poulova, Fakhra Yasmin

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Article in Psychology research and behavior management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sadaf ZebDepartment of Professional Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ahsan AkbarInternational Business School, Guangzhou City University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7506-6416
Azeem GulDepartment of International Relations, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0760-7772
Syed Arslan HaiderDepartment of Management, Sunway University, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia.
Petra PoulovaDepartment of Informatics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, 500 03, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5269-4065
Fakhra YasminSchool of Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5205-134X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn Pakistan, medical professionals face multiple challenges comprising long, fixed working hours and workload overburdening, which leads to emotional fatigue. These conflicts in work-life scenarios, brought about by high work demands causing emotional exhaustion, can create a state of distress among the medical professionals. The present study investigates the association between work-family conflict (WFC), emotional intelligence (EI), and self-efficacy (SE) among medical practitioners during COVID-19 in Pakistan. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe study sample included 140 medical professionals from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Cross-section correlational research design was used, and information was gathered employing online surveys through a purposive sampling technique. The scales utilized were the WFC, EI, and SE Scale.

resultsThe current study hypothesized a significant relationship between work-family conflict, general self-efficacy (GSE) and emotional intelligence among medical practitioners during COVID-19 in Pakistan. The results showed that those with more family-to-work conflict had less EI and GSE. Furthermore, findings uncovered that there is a significant positive relationship between EI and GSE.

conclusionThe findings propose that it is important for medical professionals to have a high level of EI and GSE to navigate through the WFC more healthily. In future, awareness seminars could be arranged related to EI and its significance to stimulate the psychological well-being of medical professionals. Future studies could also consider other healthcare workers, including nurses and internees doing house jobs and other medical staff, as they are also exposed to several stresses due to the workload and family demands.

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emotional fatiguemedical professionalspurposive samplingwork–life balance

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PMCPMC8604632

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