JOB INSECURITY, ATTENTION CONTROL, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN EMPLOYEES

Abstract

This study was designed to explore the link between job insecurity, attention control, and mental health pro25-40 years (M: 1.85, SD: 0.359). Convenient sampling was used to select participants and data was collected from government and private companies and institutions in Lahore, Pakistan. Standardized instruments of Job Insecurity, Attention Control, and Mental Health problems (DASS21) scale were used to assess job insecurity, attention control, and mental health problems respectively. Results indicated a significant moderating role of attention control problems in linking job insecurity and mental health problems. The findings reveal that job insecurity has a positive and significant relationship with mental health problems. The findings of the study demonstrated that job insecurity has a significant but positive relationship with attention control problems, and only sub-scales of attention control problems (i.e. Attention shifting and attention focusing) were correlated with job insecurity. Overall results of the study indicate that attention control problems are a significant mediator of the association between mental health problems and job insecurity, and that mental health problems and attention control problems are strongly correlated with job insecurity.