The Impact of Work Stress on Sexual Minority Employees: Could Psychological Flexibility be a Helpful Solution?

R. S. Singh, W. O’Brien
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In the workplace, people who identify as sexual minorities experience elevated levels of incivility, discrimination, and a general lack of protection from unfair workplace practices. These difficulties can then lead to adverse physical, psychological, and social outcomes. Internalized homonegativity may contribute to these negative outcomes as well. Psychological flexibility has been associated with improved psychological and physical health. The current study is a cross-sectional assessment (n = 312) of relations among work stress, well-being, psychological flexibility, and internalized homonegativity. It was hypothesized that greater work stress would be related to lower well-being, lower psychological flexibility, and higher internalized homonegativity. Further, it was hypothesized that internalized homonegativity and psychological flexibility would mediate the relation between work stress and well-being. Results indicated that psychological flexibility was a significant mediator between work stress and well-being, but internalized homonegativity was not. This suggests that psychological flexibility could be a useful tool for sexual minorities to respond effectively in difficult workplace situations.
工作压力对性少数员工的影响:心理灵活性能否成为一个有用的解决方案?
在工作场所,被认定为性少数群体的人经历了更高程度的不礼貌、歧视,并且普遍缺乏对不公平工作场所做法的保护。这些困难会导致不良的生理、心理和社会后果。内化的同质性也可能导致这些负面结果。心理灵活性与改善心理和身体健康有关。本研究对工作压力、幸福感、心理灵活性和内化同质负性之间的关系进行了横断面评估(n = 312)。据推测,较大的工作压力与较低的幸福感、较低的心理灵活性和较高的内化同质负性有关。此外,我们还假设内化的同质负性和心理灵活性在工作压力与幸福感的关系中起中介作用。结果表明,心理灵活性在工作压力与幸福感之间起着显著的中介作用,而内化同质负性在工作压力与幸福感之间不起显著的中介作用。这表明心理灵活性可能是性少数群体在困难的工作环境中有效应对的有用工具。
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