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ArticlePeerJ2023

The effect of perceived stress for work engagement in volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of psychological resilience and age differences.

Yatong Li, Pei Xie, Liang He, Xiaolong Fu, Xiaobing Ding, Mary C Jobe, Md Zahir Ahmed

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Article in PeerJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yatong Li *School of Psychology, The Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Pei Xie *School of Psychology, The Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Liang HeSchool of Psychology, The Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaolong FuSchool of Psychology, The Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaobing DingSchool of Psychology, The Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Mary C JobeDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, George Washington University, Washington D.C., United States of America.
Md Zahir AhmedSchool of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
Northwest Normal University · CNGeorge Washington University · USZhejiang Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volunteers played an important role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the characteristics of perceived stress, psychological resilience and work engagement among 910 Chinese volunteers of different ages in the first month of pandemic in Gansu province, China. The present study tested the correlations between perceived stress and work engagement, the mediating role of psychological resilience in the relationship and the differences among age groups. The results of this study showed that work engagement and psychological resilience increased with the age of the volunteers. Work engagement and resilience levels were higher in middle adulthood than in early adulthood. As predicted, perceived stress negatively predicted work engagement. A mediation analysis showed that psychological resilience partially explained the correlations between perceived stress and work engagement. Specifically, the mediating effect of psychological resilience in early adulthood was significant, but not in middle adulthood. Overall, this study demonstrates that work engagement increased with age and was negatively predicted by perceived stress, showing these factors were important for volunteers' work during COVID-19. Further, for those in early adulthood, psychological resilience mediated this relationship-highlighting another age difference among volunteers during COVID-19.

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COVID-19Occupational StressResilience, PsychologicalAdultHumansMiddle AgedPandemicsVolunteersWork EngagementYoung AdultCOVID-19Perceived stressPsychological resilienceVolunteersWork engagement

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PMID37483959
PMCPMC10358337
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