According to the World Health Organization (WHO), work-related stress is the response people may have when presented with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope. Stress occurs in a wide range of work circumstances but is often made worse when employees feel they have little support from supervisors and colleagues, as well as little control over work processes.
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An investigation Into Risks to Mental Health of Bangladeshi Journalists
Md. Aminul Islam (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Bangladesh), Sarkar Barbaq Quarmal (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Bangladesh), and Apon Das (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Bangladesh)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6686-2.ch010
Abstract
Mental health in workplaces is a global concern today, and Bangladesh is not an exception to that. It is a big concern in journalism as good journalism depends on healthy journalists and news organizations. Most of the scholarships on the topic have been done from the perspective of western and developed countries. Little is known about it from the context of developing countries like Bangladesh. As such, the present study aimed at assessing mental health and well-being of professional journalists in Bangladesh. Data were collected through a survey using a semi-structured questionnaire from 191 Dhaka-based journalists reached with the aid of snowball sampling method. Psychometric instruments such as improvised depression scale, the perceived stress scale, Beck hopelessness scale (BHS), and satisfaction with life scale were used to collect data. The results show that most of the journalists perceive their job as highly stressful, suffer from depression up to some extent, are extremely dissatisfied with their life, and severely hopeless about their life and future.