Features of The Relationship Between Psychological Well-Being and Social Anxiety in Medical Workers

Introduction. The relevance of the problem is due to the significance of studying the factors affecting the level of psychological well-being of people. The analysis of existing studies has shown that the psychological well-being of medical workers is inversely correlated with their social anxiety. However, the nature of this relationship is often overlooked by researchers.
Objective. To identify the peculiarities of the relationship between psychological well-being and social anxiety in medical workers.
Materials and Methods. The study involved 50 medical workers of one of the medical institutions of Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast. The basis of the sample was the average medical personnel. The diagnostic tools used were the K. Rieff questionnaire to identify the levels of psychological well-being (adapted by T. D. Shevelenkova and P. P. Fesenko) and the questionnaire of social anxiety by O. N. Sagalakova and D. V. Truevtsev. The results were processed using the methods of correlation analysis (Pearson linear correlation coefficient was calculated) and regression analysis.
Results. On the basis of correlation analysis, a negative relationship between psychological well-being and social anxiety was revealed. The higher the level of psychological well-being, the lower the level of social anxiety and vice versa. The results of regression analysis showed that the desire to cope with anxiety and get rid of indecisiveness negatively affects the autonomy of personality, and anxiety in situations of initiative communication negatively affects the ability to manage the environment. In turn, the low level of personality autonomy as an indicator of psychological well-being influences all types of social anxiety.
Discussion. In the course of the discussion it is concluded that the presented results confirm the information available in psychology about the negative relationship between social anxiety and psychological well-being. On the other hand, new data on the peculiarities of mutual influence of these personality formations on each other have been obtained. The main conclusion that follows from the study is that social anxiety can be significantly reduced if the level of autonomy of the individual is increased, i.e. subjective qualities are formed. The obtained results can be useful for the administration of medical institutions in the work with employees, in particular, with nursing staff

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