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. 2021 Jul 26;18(15):7894. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157894

Table 4.

Mental health and work-related indicators of respondents.

Entire Sample (n = 1007) Laborers (n = 392) Established Leaders (n = 332) Emerging Executives (n = 283) Between Class Differences Post Hoc Tests/Pairwise Comparisons 1
Variable Scale/Category n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) F/ χ2 L vs. EL Mean Diff/χ2 L vs. EE
Mean Diff/χ2
EL vs. EE
Mean Diff/χ2
Mental health indicators
Depression PHQ-2 total score 1.04 (1.37) 1.10(1.43) 0.85(1.25) 1.16(1.39) 4.81 ** 0.25 * −0.06 −0.31 *
PHQ-2 score ≥ 3 145 (14.4) 67 (17.1) 35 (10.5) 43 (15.2) 6.46 * 3.37 * 0.43 2.99
Anxiety GAD-2 total score 1.39 (1.55) 1.43(1.67) 1.26(1.45) 1.49(1.48) 1.95 / / /
GAD-2 score ≥ 3 187 (18.6) 87 (22.2) 54 (16.3) 46 (16.3) 5.57 / / /
Flourishing FS 5.41 (0.93) 5.25(0.94) 5.64(0.88) 5.38(0.94) 16.02 *** −0.38 *** −0.12 0.26 **
Help-seeking Help-seeking intention 6.06 (2.16) 5.74(2.35) 6.36(1.98) 6.15(2.04) 7.77 *** −0.62 *** −0.41 0.21
Help-seeking behaviors 3.47 (2.92) 2.80(2.78) 4.08(2.95) 3.68(2.90) 18.78 *** −1.28 *** −0.88 *** 0.40
Work-related indicators
Working hours Hours of work per week 46.93 (11.81) 48.73 (13.53) 45.82 (10.61) 45.75 (10.23) 6.69 ** 2.91 ** 2.99 ** 0.07
Workplace bullying Yes currently at this workplace 103 (10.2) 44 (11.3) 40 (12.1) 19 (6.7) 16.92 ** 7.96 4.22 13.99 **
Yes previously at this workplace 76 (7.5) 27 (6.9) 31 (9.4) 18 (6.4) / / / /
Yes previously at previous workplace 192 (19.1) 66 (16.9) 77 (23.3) 49 (17.4) / / / /
Never 631 (62.7) 253 (64.9) 182 (55.2) 196 (69.5) / / / /
Effort-reward imbalance ERI 1.30 (0.63) 1.36(0.70) 1.19(0.48) 1.36(0.65) 8.42 *** 0.17 ** −0.01 −0.18 **
Relational justice RJ 3.61 (0.89) 3.49(0.92) 3.68(0.85) 3.71(0.86) 6.57 ** −0.19 * −0.23 ** −0.04
Job-demand-control Iso-Strain 0.26 (0.24) 0.27(0.30) 0.25(0.24) 0.25(0.24) 0.81 0.02 0.02 0.002

Note: * < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; 1 L: Laborers, EL: Established leaders, EE: Emerging executives.