RT Journal Article
T1 Gender differences in psychological well-being and health problems among European health professionals : analysis of psychological basic needs and job satisfaction
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
A1 Lucia Casademunt, Ana M.
A1 Salinas Pérez, José A.
AB Background: The aim was to examine the mediating role of basic psychological needs andjob satisfaction in the relationship between the gender effect on health problems and psychologicalwell-being for health professionals in Europe in 2015. Methods: Two multiple partial mediationanalyses were conducted in order to test the partial mediation of both basic needs and job satisfaction,with gender as the independent variable and health problems or well-being, respectively, as thedependent variables, with a sample of health professionals. Results: Women reported lowerpsychological well-being and more health problems than men. The total effect of gender on bothwell-being and health problems was found to be significant. Regarding multiple mediation analyses:(a) the effect of gender on well-being was fully mediated by global basic need satisfaction and jobsatisfaction, such that gender did not present a significant direct effect and (b) the effect of gender onhealth problems was partially mediated by global basic need satisfaction and job satisfaction, such thatthe direct effect remained significant. Conclusions: The fulfillment of basic needs for autonomy,competence, and relatedness, as postulated within self-determination theory, was hypothesized toplay a mediating role in the relationship between gender and well-being. Since significant genderdifferences in basic need satisfaction were observed, such a mediator should be controlled in orderto achieve a significant relationship between gender and well-being when basic needs comes intoplay. The current study adds to the research emphasizing the need for satisfaction as a promisingmechanism underlying for female health professionals’ well-being.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15248
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15248
LA eng
NO Gómez-Baya, D., Lucia-Casademunt, A., & Salinas-Pérez, J. (2018). Gender Differences in Psychological Well-Being and Health Problems among European Health Professionals: Analysis of Psychological Basic Needs and Job Satisfaction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1474. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071474
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026