Table 7.
Average levels of perceived social recognition, perceived importance of the own work during the pandemic, perceived severity of the COVID-19 crisis, and their associations with psychological impact (IES standardized factorial score), and differences between groups.
| Healthcare Workers | Media Professionals | Grocery Workers | Protective Service Workers | ANOVAs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | ρ/r | M (SD) | ρ/r | M (SD) | ρ/r | M (SD) | ρ/r | F | p | η2 | |
| Perceived social recognition of their work 1 | 1.63 (0.88) | −0.18 ** | 1.41 (0.74) | −0.08 | 1.42 (0.81) | −0.29 ** | 1.64 (0.82) | −0.25 * | 2.84 | 0.04 3 | 0.02 |
| Perceived importance of their work 1 | 2.44 (0.62) a | 0.14 * | 2.21 (0.72) b | 0.03 | 2.36 (0.57) a,b | −0.06 | 2.37 (0.56) a,b | 0.11 | 3.51 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Perceived severity of the crisis 2 | 9.21 (1.15) a,b | 0.18 ** | 8.90 (1.04) b | −0.05 | 9.35 (0.96) a | −0.05 | 8.87 (1.31) b | 0.19 | 4.56 | <0.01 | 0.03 |
Note. Frontline professionals with different superscript letters in the same row show a significant difference between them in the variable of that row. The effect size was assessed via η2 (interpretation: negligible < 0.01 < small < 0.06 < medium < 0.14 < large). 1 Spearman’s correlation was computed. 2 Pearson’s correlation was computed. 3 Tukey post-hoc analyses revealed no differences. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.