The Mental Health Condition of Manufacturing Front-line Workers: The Interrelationship of Personal Resources, Professional Tasks and Mental Health

Qian Zhang,Mingbo Sun,Zhanwu Zhang

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201710005012

Abstract

Manufacturing front-line workers were more likely to experience mental health problems. Personal resources and professional tasks were the major factors of workers’ mental health. Therefore, this study was to explore the interrelationship of these three key factors. A questionnaire including the revised Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-R) and the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) covered 480 manufacturing front-line workers to measure their personal resources, professional tasks and mental health. Results showed that among manufacturing front-line workers, the status of mental health and professional tasks were below the national average level, and the personal resources were relatively deficient as well. Correlation analysis indicated a negative relation between the indicators of mental health and professional tasks (except responsibility), while personal resources and mental health were significantly positive correlation. These findings suggested that personal resources and professional tasks were highly related to mental health in manufacturing front-line workers.

Highlights

With the economic globalization, China has become the “global factory”
The scores of role overload, role insufficiency and role boundary were higher than the national norm
The results indicated that among manufacturing front-line workers, the condition of mental health and professional tasks were lower than the national average level, and the personal resources were relatively deficient as well

Summary

Introduction

The total number of manufacturing workers has increased from 32.1 million in 2005 to 52.4 million in 2014 [1]. Most companies only focus on material welfare. A higher level of mental welfare hasn’t been widely considered. There are increasing number of mental health problems in recent years. It becomes the significant factor to restrain the development of companies [2]

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