Asiamah, Nestor and Muhonja, Faith and Omisore, Akinlolu and Opuni, Frank Frimpong and Mensah, Henry Kofi and Danquah, Emelia and Agyemang, Simon Mawulorm and Agyemang, Irene and Hatsu, Sylvester and Baffoe, Rita Sarkodie and Eku, Eric and Manu, Christiana Afriyie (2023) The association between core job components, physical activity, and mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 context. Current Psychology, 42 (9). pp. 7235-7251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02037-3
Asiamah, Nestor and Muhonja, Faith and Omisore, Akinlolu and Opuni, Frank Frimpong and Mensah, Henry Kofi and Danquah, Emelia and Agyemang, Simon Mawulorm and Agyemang, Irene and Hatsu, Sylvester and Baffoe, Rita Sarkodie and Eku, Eric and Manu, Christiana Afriyie (2023) The association between core job components, physical activity, and mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 context. Current Psychology, 42 (9). pp. 7235-7251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02037-3
Asiamah, Nestor and Muhonja, Faith and Omisore, Akinlolu and Opuni, Frank Frimpong and Mensah, Henry Kofi and Danquah, Emelia and Agyemang, Simon Mawulorm and Agyemang, Irene and Hatsu, Sylvester and Baffoe, Rita Sarkodie and Eku, Eric and Manu, Christiana Afriyie (2023) The association between core job components, physical activity, and mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 context. Current Psychology, 42 (9). pp. 7235-7251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02037-3
Abstract
This study examined the association between core job components (i.e. teaching, research, and student assessment), physical activity (PA), and mental health in a post-COVID-19 context. An online questionnaire administered via Google Forms was used to gather data from 1064 African academics in four countries. A sensitivity analysis was applied to adjust for covariates. Data were analyzed with the hierarchical linear regression analysis. The average age of participants was 44 years. The study found that PA was positively associated with research but negatively associated with student assessment. Mental health was positively associated with onsite teaching but negatively associated with online teaching and research. PA did not predict mental health and mediate the relationship between the job components and mental health. It is concluded that PA may not increase mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 situation that required the resumption of work while observing social distancing protocols.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Teaching; Research; Physical activity; Mental health; Academics; Africa; assessment; neighborhood walkability |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Health and Social Care, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2023 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2023 12:53 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/31712 |