Table 2.
OLS regression results (models 1 and 2) of flourishing onto the frequency of aesthetic experiences in scientific work.
| M1 Flourishing |
M2 Flourishing |
|
|---|---|---|
| B (95% CI) | B (95% CI) | |
| Frequency of aesthetic experiences in scientific worka | 0.25*** (0.18–0.31) | 0.16*** (0.10–0.21) |
| Negative workplace and life circumstances | ||
| Burnout: emotional exhaustion domaina | −2.12*** (−2.82 to −1.42) | |
| Job/publication pressurea | −0.42 (−1.16 to 0.32) | |
| Mistreatment in the scientist’s career | −1.72** (−2.90 to −0.55) | |
| Having been infected by COVID-19 during the pandemic | −1.11 (−2.95 to 0.72) | |
| Someone close passed away or became seriously ill during the pandemic | −0.04 (−1.30 to 1.23) | |
| Other personal stressful life events during the last 12 months | −1.69*** (−2.59 to −0.79) | |
| Serious psychological distress (K6 cut-off scoring) | −7.78*** (−8.54 to −7.03) | |
| Chronic health condition | −1.63* (−3.11 to −0.15) | |
| Demographic and socioeconomic controls | ||
| Country: United Kingdom (ref. United States) | −1.28* (−2.44 to −0.11) | −0.66+ (−1.44 to 0.12) |
| Country: India (ref. United States) | −2.42*** (−3.45 to −1.40) | −2.18*** (−3.09 to −1.26) |
| Country: Italy (ref. United States) | 1.75*** (0.99–2.52) | 2.03*** (1.29–2.77) |
| Discipline: Biology (ref. physics) | −0.89 (−2.18 to 0.39) | −0.03 (−0.82 to 0.76) |
| Discipline: Other (ref. physics) | −2.46+ (−5.09 to 0.18) | −1.15 (−3.17 to 0.87) |
| Position/status: postdoc (ref. postgraduate student) | 1.56** (0.45–2.67) | 1.06** (0.27–1.86) |
| Position/status: research scientist (ref. postgraduate student) | 2.56** (0.80–4.32) | 1.24 (−0.85 to 3.33) |
| Position/status: junior faculty (ref. postgraduate student) | 2.91 (−0.76 to 6.58) | 2.00 (−1.21 to 5.20) |
| Position/status: mid-level faculty (ref. postgraduate student) | 4.53** (1.75–7.30) | 3.12* (0.70–5.54) |
| Position/status: senior faculty (ref. postgraduate student) | 4.30* (0.56–8.05) | 2.71+ (−0.38 to 5.81) |
| Gender: women scientist (ref. men scientist) | −1.05+ (−2.15 to 0.05) | 0.32 (−0.83 to 1.46) |
| Agea | 0.11* (0.00–0.22) | 0.06 (−0.04 to 0.16) |
| Number of childrena | 0.11 (−0.74 to 0.96) | −0.20 (−0.86 to 0.45) |
| Survey wave: August–October 2021 (ref. May–June 2021) | −0.01 (−1.43 to 1.41) | 0.29 (−0.81 to 1.38) |
| Observations | 3,061 | 3,061 |
| R-squared | 0.17 | 0.42 |
Work and Well-Being in Science: An International Study (2021). B, unstandardized regression coefficients; CI, confidence interval. The statistics are fully survey-weighted. OLS regression of human flourishing as measured through the Flourishing Index.
a
Treated as continuous; otherwise, the variables are categorical or binary.
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.1.