Open AccessThe COVID‐19 pandemic and healthcare workers psychological well‐being: a cross‐sectional survey in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Ningrum Valendriyani,
Dyah Artaria Myrtati,
Suen MeinWoei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1034
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , coping (psychology) , psychology , structural equation modeling , cross sectional study , covid-19 , scale (ratio) , health care , pandemic , clinical psychology , survey research , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , economics , economic growth
Aim This study was conducted to investigate the relationships amongst psychological well‐being (PWB), emotional intelligence and coping strategies. Design This study employed a cross‐sectional survey design. Method A total of 146 healthcare workers (HCWs) were enrolled in this study. They were asked to finish several questionnaires, including the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Brief‐Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale and the PWB Scale. The obtained data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling, employee SmartPLS, to estimate the contributions of influencing factors and evaluate the moderating effect of coping strategy (CS) on the relationship between emotional intelligence and PWB. Results Results revealed that emotional intelligence influenced PWB, and CS moderated both emotional intelligence and PWB. Furthermore, CS plays an essential role in improving PWB related to emotional intelligence amongst HCWs during the COVID‐19 outbreak.