Supportive-leadership training to improve social connection: A cluster-randomized trial demonstrating efficacy in a high-risk occupational context.

IF 5.9 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-15 DOI:10.1037/ocp0000384
Cynthia Mohr, Leslie Hammer, Jennifer Dimoff, Shalene Allen, James Lee, Sarah Arpin, Sheila McCabe, Krista Brockwood, Todd Bodner, Luke Mahoney, Michael Dretsch, Thomas Britt
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The high, and still rising, rate of loneliness is a threat to public health (Office of the Surgeon General, 2023), with negative mental and physical health consequences (e.g., Holt-Lunstad, 2021). Given that loneliness is a risk factor for poor mental health, efforts to address loneliness are urgently needed. Workplaces can facilitate an employee's social connection through supervisor support training, which can help mitigate loneliness. Among occupational groups, the military is at higher risk for mental health disorders, suicide, and loneliness (Fikretoglu et al., 2022; Naifeh et al., 2019). This study evaluated the efficacy of an evidence-based supportive-leadership training intervention targeting active-duty U.S. Army platoon leaders and targeting both proactive support behaviors that help bolster employee social connection and responsive support behaviors, including destigmatizing mental health. Ninety-nine platoon leaders (69.7% of eligible leaders) completed the 90-min training that consisted of both in-person and computer-based components. Using a cluster-randomized controlled trial design, intervention effects were tested using an intent-to-treat approach and revealed a significant effect, whereby loneliness of service members whose leaders were randomized to the intervention group (N = 118) was significantly reduced compared to loneliness reports for service members in the control group (N = 158). Additionally, service members with higher baseline loneliness were more strongly and positively impacted by the supervisor training, reporting higher levels of supportive behaviors from their leaders at 3 months postbaseline. In sum, these results suggest how workplaces, especially those that are considered high-risk occupations, and their leaders play a critical role in a national strategy to address Americans' well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

提高社会联系的支持性领导力培训:在高风险职业环境中证明疗效的分组随机试验。
孤独率居高不下,且仍在不断上升,对公众健康构成威胁(卫生总监办公室,2023 年),对身心健康造成负面影响(如 Holt-Lunstad,2021 年)。鉴于孤独是导致心理健康状况不佳的一个风险因素,解决孤独问题的工作迫在眉睫。工作场所可以通过主管支持培训来促进员工的社会联系,这有助于缓解孤独感。在职业群体中,军人患心理健康疾病、自杀和孤独的风险较高(Fikretoglu 等人,2022 年;Naifeh 等人,2019 年)。本研究评估了基于证据的支持性领导力培训干预的效果,该干预以现役美国陆军排长为对象,针对有助于加强员工社会联系的主动支持行为和响应性支持行为(包括消除心理健康的污名化)。99 名排长(占符合条件的排长的 69.7%)完成了 90 分钟的培训,培训包括面对面培训和基于计算机的培训。通过群组随机对照试验设计,采用意向治疗方法对干预效果进行了测试,结果显示干预效果显著,与对照组(158 人)的孤独感报告相比,被随机分配到干预组的军人(118 人)的孤独感显著降低。此外,基线孤独感较高的服务人员受到主管培训的影响更大、更积极,他们在基线后 3 个月报告说,其领导的支持行为水平更高。总之,这些结果表明,工作场所(尤其是那些被认为是高风险职业的工作场所)及其领导者在解决美国人福祉问题的国家战略中发挥着至关重要的作用。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有)。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology offers research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers. This journal focuses on the work environment, the individual, and the work-family interface.
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