Trajectories of Canadian Workers’ Well-Being During the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7147367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tyler Pacheco (0000-0003-3165-7788, McGill University Health Centre, corresponding author), Simon Coulombe (0000-0002-2424-2026, McGill University Health Centre), Nancy L Kocovski (0000-0001-8363-8410, Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 393-433 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Research in Quality of Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-2576 • E-ISSN: 1871-2584 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11482-024-10397-8 |
| PMID | 40416328 |
| OpenAlex | W4406093172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 78 |
Research regarding workers’ well-being over time during COVID-19 has primarily used variable-centered approaches (e.g., ANOVA) to explore changes in negative well-being. However, variable-centered approaches provide insufficient information on the different well-being experiences that diverse workers may have experienced during COVID-19. Furthermore, researchers have understudied positive well-being in workers’ general lives and work during COVID-19. We used latent trajectory analysis, a person-centered analysis, to explore diverse well-being trajectories Canadian workers experienced during the first few months of COVID-19 across distress, flourishing, presenteeism, and thriving at work measures. We hypothesized that: H1) Intragroup differences would be present on each well-being indicator at study onset; H2) Different longitudinal trajectories would emerge for each well-being indicator (i.e., some workers’ scores would get better, some would get worse, and some would remain the same); and H3) Factors at different ecological levels (self, social, workplace, pandemic) would predict membership to the different trajectories. Canadian workers ( N = 648) were surveyed March 20-27th, April 3rd-10th, and May 20-27th of 2020. Depending on the well-being indicator, and supporting H1, three to five well-being trajectories were identified. Providing some support for H2, distress and presenteeism trajectories improved over time or stayed stagnant; flourishing and thriving at work trajectories worsened or stayed stagnant. Providing some support for H3, self- (gender, age, disability status, trait resilience), social- (family functioning), workplace- (employment status, financial strain, sense of job security), and pandemic-related (perceived vulnerability to COVID-19) factors significantly predicted well-being trajectory membership. Recommendations for diverse stakeholders (e.g., employers, mental health organizations) are discussed
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Coronavirus Infections · Pandemic · Public health · Quality of Life Research · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Virology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |