ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Association between nonstandard work schedules and employees' self-rated mental health with perceived work stress, work-family conflict and job satisfaction as psychosocial mediators: a national study in China.
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- Anxiety among Chinese primary school teachers under the "double reduction" policy: prevalence and associated factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Effect of Outdoor Activity Intention on Depressive Mood: The Mediating Role of Outdoor Activity Frequency.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Nonstandard work schedules are prevalent across the industrialized world. While prior research indicates nonstandard work schedules lead to poor mental health, little research has explored the psychosocial pathways underlying the association between work schedule and mental health. This study aimed to fill this gap by testing for the mediating roles of perceived work stress, perceived work-family conflict and perceived job satisfaction in the association between nonstandard work schedules and employees' self-rated mental health. Methods: Using a nationally representative sample of data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2021 ( Results: A total of 1857 employees participated in the final analysis. Of these, 1,331 employees (71.7%) work fixed day shifts, 24 employees (1.3%) work fixed night shifts, 206 employees (11.1%) work rotating shifts, 243 employees (13.1%) work irregular schedules and 53 employees (2.8%) work other schedules. Nonstandard work schedule was negatively correlated with employees' self-rated mental health and perceived job satisfaction, and positively correlated with perceived work stress and work-family conflict ( Conclusion: Perceived work stress, perceived work-family conflict and perceived job satisfaction mediated the relationship between nonstandard work schedules and employees' self-rated mental health. The findings advance understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms underlying the association between work schedule and mental health.
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