The Role of Psychological Stress on the Performance of the Social Workers Working in the Hope Complexes of Mental Health in Northern Borders

Fayes Suryan Al Anazi ,Ayed Wraikat

doi:10.7176/jep/11-21-06

Abstract

The study aimed to know the role of psychological stress in the performance of social workers in Al-Amal mental health complexes in the northern border region. In order to achieve this goal, a two-part questionnaire was designed. The first part included demographic and social information, while the second part formed of five axes (anxiety Depression, mental health, handicaps and the role of mental health management). The sample consisted of eighty-five subjects. The results of the study showed the following: - There are statistically significant differences according to the effect of social pressures, according to the family's support among social workers at Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health in the northern region. - There are statistically significant differences according to the effect of economic pressures according to the income level of the social workers in Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health in the northern region. - There are statistically significant differences according to the effect of psychological stress on social workers in Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health in the northern region, according to psychological rigidity. Keywords: social pressure, social workers. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-21-06 Publication date: July 31 st 2020

Highlights

Fifth: The objectives of the study: The main objective of the research is: The role of "psychological stress" on the performance of social workers working in Al-Amal mental health complexes in the northern borders
Knowing the role of depression on the performance of social workers working in Al-Amal mental health complexes in the northern borders from their point of view
Sixth: Questions of the study: The study is based on answering the main question of the research, which is as follows: What is the impact of the role of social, economic and psychological pressures on the performance of social workers working in Al-Amal mental health complexes in the northern borders? Research questions : 1. What is the role of concern for the performance of social workers working in Al-Amal mental health complexes in the northern borders? 2

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Introduction

Human pressure is an old human phenomenon created with the very existence of man, because God Almighty said: (We created man in a liver) (Surat al-Balad: Verse 4) (Saudi, 2009) as life is nothing but suffering, hardship, and pressure, since man has been since Beginning of the creation of the universe over millions of years, he lived in search of stability and safety, running behind the comfort that balance gives him, as he seeks to reduce the burden of life on his shoulders.In view of the rapid developments and changes in all areas of life, "psychological stress" has become one of the most important features of the times, as it has become part of the human life as it witnesses many challenges. Pressures of all kinds are the product of accelerated civilization progress that leads to the production of deviations that are a burden on the ability of Resistance to human endurance, "psychological stress" has become a feature of contemporary life and an experience that the individual lives on a daily basis, so some researchers have called this era the "psychological stress" "(McCurry, 2007). Several studies have indicated that life pressures play an important role in the emergence of psychosomatic symptoms in general because of the presence of physiological changes related to the reactions of the body towards stresses that have a close causal relationship to human health (Saudi, 2009) and the physical and psychological diseases that it afflicts, especially phallic symptoms. Which hinders organizations and institutions in reaching their goals that they are working towards. (Saudi, 2009)

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