Work-Life Balance And Personality Traits As Correlates Of Psychological Distress Among Health Workers In Lagos State University Hospital

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out the work-life balance and personality traits as correlates of psychological distress among health workers in Lagos State University hospital.It is also aimed at finding out the relationship between personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience) and psychological distress, The influence of neuroticism on psychological distress was also examined. The research was based on survey design. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were used in collecting data from the respondents. The participants consisted of 201 males and females’ health workers working at LASUTH. Three instruments were used to gather information from the respondents namely; BFI (Big Five Inventory), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Work-Life Balance Scale (WLBS). Pearson Moment Correlation, Regression analysis and Independent t-test were used to test the stated hypotheses. The result revealed that there is a significant negative correlation between extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience and psychological distress. Participants that scored high on neuroticism also scored high on psychological distress. Lastly, work-life balance and personality traits accounted for 35.4% variance of psychological distress among health workers. The result was discussed based on literature reviewed.